Kodsnack in English

Kodsnack 260 - Such a gangster name for a keyswitch


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Tobias and Fredrik talk to Erez Zukerman, CEO and co-founder of Ergodox EZ, creators of the ergonomic mechanical keyboard of the same name. Tobias is a fan and user since a while back, and Erez tells us about why you decide to make a keyboard, how you manage to ship hardware on time the first time, how things are going and a little bit about what’s in store for the future of Ergodox EZ. We wrap up with a few listener questions. If you have more, just send them to Erez or us, we will grab any reasons to talk even more about keyboards! Thanks a lot for taking the time Erez!

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Links
  • Ergodox EZ
  • Erez Zukerman
  • Dominic Beauchamp
  • Dmitry Slepov
  • Tibbo
  • Massdrop
  • Kinesis advantage
  • Ortholinear keyboards - keys are in aligned lines, rather than offset
  • Microsoft natural keyboard
  • Kinesis advantage 2
  • Colemak
  • Dvorak
  • Truly ergonomic
  • Mathias ergo pro
  • Keyboardio
  • Ultimate hacking keyboard
  • Shenzen
  • OEM - original equipment manufacturer
  • Indiegogo
  • Cherry keyswitches
  • Gateron - another manufacturer of keyswitches
  • Key chatter
  • Kailh switches
  • Kailh bronze (thick gold)
  • Typing, Ghost in the shell style
  • MX speed silver
  • TMK
  • QMK
  • Jack Humbert
  • olkb.co
  • The keyboard configurator web interface
  • Maxim Gladkov
  • Basecamp
  • DHH
  • pimpmykeyboard.com
  • Signature plastics
  • Florian Degran
  • React
  • Mobx
  • State tree
  • Graphql
  • Ergodox EZ on Twitter
  • Titles
    • Me wanting a keyboard
    • A lot of money for me to pay for a box of parts
    • Ortholinear and bowl-shaped
    • Just because it was cool and expensive
    • I went from being able to type 120 words per minute to being able to type 10
    • The full strange experience
    • My first foray into hardware
    • We shipped on time
    • Go with the right partner
    • The interests are aligned
    • Extreme transparency
    • Each keyswitch is a moving part
    • We’re sorry, we have an enormous lead time
    • Thousands of keyswitches which we can’t use
    • Big enough to get Cherry’s attention
    • I’m still emotional about that
    • Developing software is my refuge
    • Such a gangster name for a keyswitch
    • Like typing on popcorn
    • The key pushed the socket out of the PCB
    • Direct support from the plastic
    • Just like you pull a tooth
    • Be genuinely nice
    • Favor-driven development
    • A number of frantic pairing sessions
    • I’m not looking for the hockey stick
    • We’re not great for everyone
    • We make it in an office building in Taiwan
    • We pay models to hang out with the keyboard
    • I don’t try to convince you
    • I give you the facts and I trust you
    • Geeking out with keyboards
    • ...more
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