HACKER Q&A
📣 robbiet480

What's your daily driver keyboard?


Inspired by the thread about typ.ing [0] and people talking about their setup, I wondered what HN users are using for their daily driver keyboard.

Please list the model, switches, keycaps, layout and any other details you think relevant.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49346854

  👤 ja27 Accepted Answer ✓
Keychron K3 Pro, red switches, RGB, stock keycaps. I find low-profile more comfortable for my hands but has enough key travel it feels right. It's close enough to the MacBook layout that it isn't too hard to switch back and forth when I'm out with the laptop.
👤 cynerx
Home made Corne. Have many of them including low profile BT one. All of them 5 columns per side.
👤 theandrewbailey
Home: Das Keyboard 4 Utimate (Cherry MX brown, unlabeled keys)

Work: Many and I could change them all every day if I wanted to (ewaste recycling company), but main work desktop has a Royal Kludge S108 Typewriter.

👤 be_erik
I’ve been using a WASD Code edition with brown switches for many years now without any complaints.
👤 guax
Kinesis Advantage360 Pro (ZMK). Not my favourite of all time, but it did help me immensely with wrist pain
👤 robbiet480
My current daily driver is a Logitech MX Keys. I don't love it honestly but it's not bad.
👤 bookofjoe
Das Keyboard 4 Professional - Cherry MX2 Blue Switches
👤 arnaudperalta
keychron K3 Pro, low profile brown gateron switches
👤 squigz
ErgoDox EZ with brown switches. It took a (long) while to get used to, but far more comfortable to type on long-term IMO

I also use a Kensington trackball mouse

👤 CarVac
Mitosis Anaphase, a handwired sandwich design based on the Mitosis keyboard.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/8wip5j...

I type with the keyboard on my lap so a split design didn't work for me, hence creating this handwired contraption.

I use the Dvorak layout and have two alternate layers. In the number layer, the top row is punctuation, home row is numbers, and bottom row spilling into the thumb cluster is F keys). The other utility layer has mouse keys and media control.

Keyswitches: Box Navy

Caps: Polycarbonate DCS alphas R1-R3-R4, DSA R3 for the tall thumb caps, G20 for the low thumb caps.

Button layout: https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/50a4b3510bdfe5e8c93...

👤 ajp11
A Goldtouch KFK-E88YB which is a split keyboard with adjustable angle. Made around the year 2003.

I strongly prefer it over a flat keyboard, I have each side at about a 23 degree angle to the desk.

I'v worn the bumps off the F and J keys, which I need to get my fingers in position without looking down.