I've been lurking on this forum for the better part of the last decade, but I have never felt to need to register and comment on anything, until now.
This is like the elusive keyboard that haunted my wet dreams just materialized. It's amazing!
Hope I will catch a spot on the GB list as I'm in dire need of a new daily keyboard to serve me for the years to come.
I have a question though, is there any chance of having a hot swap PCB or will this affect the stability and the feel of the keyboard? Recently I came across some hot swap keyboards, and the fact you can swap the switches whenever you want is an insane amount of added value for a keyboard.
The issue is flexibility. I love hotswap too, but with it comes a fixed layout. ANSI, ISO, symmetric bottom row, split backspace and shift keys, etc. All of those layout options would require separate PCBs, substantially driving up cost. That’s particularly problematic if the GB for the board is limited, as there are fewer buyers to split the additional cost.
I’m super indecisive when it comes to switches. I hope extra PCBs and plates will be offered alongside the board so I can at least put tactiles on one and linears on another/ have an extra in case I mess something up. My soldering is respectable, but I’m not comfortable de-soldering an entire PCB of switches just to change them out. Having a cheaper hotswap board to try/break in switches before moving them to a soldered, more end game-y board like this is useful.
Sorry I realize this comes across as a little stern.