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Keycap profiles, compared: Cherry, OEM, SA, and MT3
Most beginners agonize over switches for weeks, then drop any keycap set on top and discover the keycap was doing half the work all along. Profile shapes the sound, the typing angle, and the way a board reads on a desk — and the four profiles below cover almost every set on the market.
thock11 min read
Ideas
Build of the week: the mission control desk, in Class80, Godspeed, and Box White
A retro TKL, a steel-blue-and-cream SA set, and a clicky box-stem switch aren't three separate purchases here — they're one decision, made three times, that only works because each part solves a problem the other two create.
thock7 min read
Ideas
Mixing keycap profiles on one board: what actually works
Mixing profiles reads as a deliberate design choice or a rookie mistake depending entirely on where the swap lands. A handful of zones tolerate it well. The alpha block almost never does.
thock6 min read