Mar 15, 2026
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Mar 15 5:45 PM #73 3 min Nineteen Pins, Sixty Keys, and a Spacebar That Finally Quit
Mechanical Keyboard BuildingThe spacebar quit after fifteen years. Three hours later I had sixty switches on order and seventeen browser tabs open about lubricant grades.
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Tap, Hold, or Something Else Entirely
Finite State Machines 🔗 Mechanical Keyboard BuildingA keypress isn't an event. It's the start of a timeline that the firmware must interpret.