What is SpaceFN and why you should give it a try
The SpaceFN concept - setting up your space key as a layer switch when held - is probably one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby. Let me explain how it works. My SpaceFN article on kbd.news made some rounds recently - quite surprisingly given the age of this concept. This piece you're reading is a condensed version of the full post. If you're left with unanswered questions, you'll most likely find the info you're looking for in the original write-up. On my imaginary top list of the most useful keyboard features, tweaks and hacks, SpaceFN would deserve a podium finish for sure. But what makes it so special? In short: SpaceFN is easy to implement, easy to learn, costs nothing, can be used with any keyboard, and can improve your productivity instantly. I will list its benefits below, but can state right at this point that the SpaceFN concept, setting up your space key as a layer switch when held, is clearly one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby....
Apr 30, 2024
Not exactly complaining about the price, but my understanding of mixing shit in resin and pouring that mix into a cast it has me genuinely baffled about the price; especially considering how little material is in each keycap. It's not like metal ore is mined, refined, ground, and done in batches of one all by Monks in the Himalayas...right? Hahaha
Just doing simple pours isn't complex but the after work can be. Many resin casting guys say the same. That's all I know. Probably didn't help much. But I also buy artist caps to support their later stages. ;)
Jokes aside, I absolutely understand the point you're making. My commentary is on the comical ludicracy of pricing too often soaring beyond reason to what you're getting in a general sense. I don't intend to belittle the product or the efforts made by the people that made it. It's just an issue with how I can't help but see things in a compositional fashion. I don't see bitchin' keycaps, I see cast aluminum in a pre-existant profile. It's my fault for not being so nerdy.