Ducky Year of the Horse

The 2014 Ducky Limited Chinese Zodiac edition was my first 60% keyboard and the first (and last?) non-programmable one. In 2017 I replaced the default keycaps with GMK Laser.

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After my first “modern” mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Brown switches, I wanted to switch to heavier switches because the MX Browns felt too light. After some research on the interwebs, I ordered a Ducky Shine 3 with Cherry MX Green switches. I had to send back the board twice because of failing LEDs after a couple of days of use, and I was not very impressed with Ducky. Also, the MX Greens are way too heavy for daily use.

After a while, I stumbled over a video by Ducky teasing the Year of the Horse edition of the Ducky Mini. So I took the risk and trusted Ducky once more and ordered this keyboard. The LEDs are still working but are not used anymore because I replaced the keycaps.

After a few days of getting used to it, I was hooked on the 60% layout and stuck with it until 2019. I am really into optimising workflows with tools, shortcuts, etc., and a smaller keyboard prevents switching to e.g. the arrow keys and function keys, which I use quite often.

from xkcd

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Since this keyboard is not programmable, it uses the default German-ISO layout. The function layer key is mapped to Caps Lock.

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