there's definitely some wiggle room on mine, I can push it down a bit, but when typing I don't really notice it.

As a software engineer, this hurts my soul

Indeed. I got a Vortex Core recently to reduce lateral wrist movement (ulnar deviation). My hand barely moves from the home position and it's quite comfortable. I also have a sensible, reliable, dependeable Filco 60% with silent switches for meetings and such to complement the loud, clicky, flashy-RGB Core.

I also enjoy the process of learning new key combos and slowly mastering them.

Lovely build, by the way. I really like the clean look + pastel notes. Looks delicious :D

No you're right, it was in good faith but I got catty. Sorry

This is the actual correct answer. Contrasted to a 65 no/blocker which had 3 right side mods that go right up against the arrows. Like the tofu65 keyboards

Love the keyboard, but ima need a zoomed in pic of your kitty..

I’ve seen this response a bunch here. You are definitely correct. When talking about a blocker on a 65% 9 times out of 10 it’s the blocked between the arrow keys and 2x1.25u right side mods. Compared to a 65% without blockers which had 3x1u right side modifiers right up against the arrows

I'm just sitting here waiting for an Apollo 80 rerun or a Mode 80 restock 🤡

You don't have to like it, I was just answering your question assuming it was in good faith.

There is a trade off between using layers and moving your hands away from the home row. Using a small keyboard and layers results in much less hand movement overall.

Nice thing about this hobby is everyone can choose whatever suits their needs and preferences.

man the price of kidneys has gone down

That’s why it’s pretty daring now, especially with the foam hate today

Ah yes, now I can memorize even more key combinations! Perfect!

They can definitely make a difference, but it's just one piece out of many things that impact the sound and feel of a keyboard. Simply sticking a bit of rubber in between the plate and the case may not have much impact at all if there's still no wiggle room for the plate.

Haha I get where you are coming from. It's understatement at its finest haha.

I wanna find this set and a 40s kit so bad

Nope, long L press! :)

That's one type of blocker, and it's less common in 65% layouts. It's not about having "one less key" so much as following an older IBM-inspired keyboard layout. Vintage-esque fashion, if you will.

For 65s, though, the blockers are usually either immediately to the left of the arrows or at the very top-right.

65% blockers don't generally remove the Windows key. They're either badge-style blockers in the top right of the board, or they're near the arrows.

Occasionally you'll see a WKL-style blocker on the left, but that's not as common as what the meme would be pointing to.

Also, with QMK, it's really easy to put the Windows key somewhere else.

I thought there was some backlash against flex cuts because of the supposed affect on sound

I like it, but like everything else in this hobby, it comes down to preference. I tend to prefer a hard bottom out. Probably related to my preference for tactile switches.

Don't you miss the semicolon at least?

https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/feature_layers.md

Sorry, but I want a TKL gasket mount WKL with F13 please!

This is cool and all, but do you never need to type a number? You don't play any games or work with any software that uses F keys? Colons, semicolons, slashes? No punctuation?

As someone who loves browsing this sub and would love to build a custom one but never has, this looks super basic to me. I wouldn't pay more than like 100 bucks for it.