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Ultimate Hacking Keyboard Review – Worth the Wait?

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Ultimate Hacking Keyboard Review – Worth the Wait?

In early December, 2015 I came across a Crowd Supply campaign for the Ultimate Hacking Keyboard. Like many professional programmers, I have a mild obsession with mechanical keyboards and ergonomics. It didn’t take too much convincing for me to pull the trigger on my first (and still, only) crowd funding campaign.

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I certainly wasn’t alone as the company raised ~$691,000 to build out this promising programmer’s dream keyboard. It took 48 project updates and nearly 3 years (they had originally planned on shipping in about 1 year, hah) but finally my package arrived in late July of 2018.

Was it worth the wait? Is it worth the estimated retail price of $275?

Here are my thoughts.

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Best Keyboard for Programming (April 2018)

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Best Keyboard for Programming (April 2018)

A computer programmers most important tool (besides our glorious minds, of course) is the keyboard. A keyboard is vessel in which you turn the solutions to problems into code, and thus it’s vitally important that every developer has a keyboard they feel awesome with.

But a keyboard is just a keyboard, right? No way! Keyboards come in a wide array of different styles, layouts, and build quality. That crappy Dell keyboard that came with your workstation is hurting you more than you know.

We’ve rounded up our favorite keyboards for computer programmers which you can see in the table below. The keyboards are in no particular order as each keyboard could be perfect for you depending on your needs.

Keyboard
Price
Get It
Das Keyboard 4 Pro$$$
Rosewill Mechanical Keyboard$
Vortex Poker III$$
CoolerMaster MasterKeys Pro S$$

Now we can dive into each keyboard and what makes it great, then afterwards if you want to learn more of the intricacies of these mechanical keyboards you can keep on reading.

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Keyboard Layouts for Programmers – Dvorak, Colemak, or Qwerty?

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Keyboard Layouts for Programmers – Dvorak, Colemak, or Qwerty?

The keyboard is an incredibly important computer peripheral for computer programmers. It’s the means by which the brain interacts with the computer most heavily on a nearly endless basis throughout the day.

Since the vast majority if your work will be done through your keyboard, it’s time to ask yourself – shouldn’t I optimize my keyboard as much as possible? We suggest taking a look at our guide to the best keyboard for programmers in addition to reading this post!

typing on qwerty

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