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Is keyboards still worth it in 2026?

wild-clover-16
Is keyboards still worth it in 2026?

Not looking for the perfect answer, just what you'd do. I tried the usual recommendations and none of them stuck. The community around keyboards has changed a lot in the last few years.

copper-yarrow-882 more

Small correction, but the point stands.

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mossy-pine-561 more

Ha, I thought I was the only one.

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late-moth-70

Same experience here.

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silver-thistle-437 more

This deserves its own thread.

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silver-finch-35

silver-thistle-43 wrote:

This deserves its own thread.

Have you tried asking in the local group too?

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amber-birch-175 more

Same experience here.

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silver-sparrow-742 more

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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amber-beech-17

Do you have a source for that? I'd like to read more.

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wry-lichen-54

silver-sparrow-74 wrote:

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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bright-pine-70

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

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hollow-sparrow-54

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

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sunlit-heron-444 more

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

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still-sedge-642 more

sunlit-heron-44 wrote:

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

Small correction, but the point stands.

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wild-finch-76

still-sedge-64 wrote:

sunlit-heron-44 wrote:

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.

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dusky-hazel-47

Same experience here.

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quiet-fern-71

Small correction, but the point stands.

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pale-willow-48

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

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hollow-fern-321 more

Same experience here.

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slow-reed-47

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

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wry-thistle-944 more

Second this.

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hollow-rowan-23

Do you have a source for that? I'd like to read more.

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misty-hazel-111 more

Good question, following.

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rustling-yarrow-80

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

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silver-otter-24

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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hollow-clover-182 more

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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still-finch-241 more

hollow-clover-18 wrote:

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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woven-rowan-46

still-finch-24 wrote:

hollow-clover-18 wrote:

Same experience here.

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dusky-otter-761 more

Good question, following.

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rustling-alder-3

This deserves its own thread.

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