TIL that checking key travel with a nickel beats eyeballing it, and I wish I'd started years ago

Ryan Flores · 2026-10-20T18:45:04.451623+00:00

I used to just press a switch a few times and call it good, but now I stack a nickel next to the cap and measure the dip before it bottoms out, which finally explained why my old Model M felt so different from the Dell boards I'd been comparing it to.

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