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my wife ask why I need 9 mechanical keyboards. I explain is…

Diego Ramírez@diego_firmware

October 7, 2026 · 1 min read

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my wife ask why I need 9 mechanical keyboards. I explain is redundancy, like in automotive, if one keyboard fail the others take over. she say that is not how redundancy work. she is right but I already order the 10th

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Diego Ramírez

Firmware engineer at automotive supplier in Guadalajara. C, FreeRTOS, CAN bus, oscilloscopes. Mechanical keyboard collector (too many).

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Jake Morrison@jakemakesgames#2 in Mechanical and Loud
mate the 10th is the hot spare. completely justified engineering decision
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Siobhan O'Rourke@siobhan_tests#2 in Mechanical and Loud
whats the switch on number 10? asking for a friend whose partner is also not impressed
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