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Ultimate Hacking Keyboard
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Ultimate Hacking Keyboard is the company blog at ultimatehackingkeyboard.com, writing about hardware and design. Since 2015, 87 different Hacker News readers have linked it 114 times, most often “Ultimate Hacking Keyboard”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Rarely recommended · 0 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
Commenters link the Ultimate Hacking Keyboard site, a product page for a programmable split keyboard with trackball and trackpoint add-ons. Praise is for the hardware itself, not for any writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Ultimate Hacking Keyboard54 people · 57 mentions · first linked 2015-01-30
- Introducing the UHK 804 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2018-09-14
- /shop4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-02-11
- /product/trackball3 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2020-07-31
- /3 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2019-02-17
- The ergonomic Ultimate Hacking Keyboard 60: v23 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-11-05
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-06-30
- Ultimate Hacking Keyboard 60 v22 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-11-06
- /product/keycluster2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-02-20
- UHK 80 – Ultimate Hacking Keyboard2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-11-07
What Hacker News says?
Not integrated into laptop, but since 99% of my laptop time is spent docked, i'm using https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/
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on “The Framework Laptop is now shipping”Submitted Ultimate Hacking Keyboard as a story · 317 points
HN discussionI have the ultimate hackers keyboard (silly name, I know) It's a really good split keyboard with symbols printed (optional). https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/
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on “Show HN: Bayleaf – Building a low-profile wireless split keyboard”Submitted Split Keyboard for Professionals as a story · 163 points
HN discussionThe Ultimate Hacking Keyboard has trackball options: https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/
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on “New MacBook Pro has first ‘DIY-friendly’ battery replacement design since 2012”Submitted PCB design now supports LEDs and Matias switches as a story · 110 points
HN discussionNot exactly as comprehensive as you are looking for but there is this: https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/
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on “Making My Own USB Keyboard from Scratch”Submitted The ergonomic Ultimate Hacking Keyboard 60: v2 as a story · 66 points
HN discussionFor what it's worth, I use an Ultimate Hacking Keyboard (UHK, https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com ) and I really, really like it (have been using it for about 6 months now). I do not like the "ortho" keyboards, and I definitely need my keyboard to be split in the middle. What I love about the UHK is the programmability: I can make the keyboard do lots of things, which makes switching between OSs much easier. The UHK…
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on “Making My Own USB Keyboard from Scratch”Submitted Where should the “6” key be? as a story · 44 points
HN discussionIt's $255 and doesn't come with any switches from what I can tell. Not the person you're responding to but I've heard good things about the UHK: https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/
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on “Making My Own USB Keyboard from Scratch”Submitted The Ultimate Hacking Keyboard got funded, goes Open Source as a story · 37 points
HN discussionUHK offers trackpads, trackballs, and trackpoints for all your tracking needs. https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/shop
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on “System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard with Open Source Code”Submitted Ultimate Hacking Keyboard as a story · 12 points
HN discussionPersonally I've been really happy with my split 60% keyboard from UltimateHackingKeyboard [0]. It also has open source electronics files and firmware I backed them on CrowdSupply some years ago and although it took a while to be delivered have used it extensively since and even purchased a second one for at home & the office. A huge positive while waiting for it was the regular, informative status emails from the fo…
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on “System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard with Open Source Code”Submitted Ultimate Hacking Keyboard Launching in 2 Weeks as a story · 8 points
HN discussionhttps://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/
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on “If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead”Submitted Introducing the UHK 80 as a story · 6 points
HN discussionhttps://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/ Mechanical and split ergonomics. Has built in Mouse capability using the keys. They’re also working on attachable touchpad, trackball, and trackpoint (just like a thinkpad).
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on “If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead”Submitted The ergonomic Ultimate Hacking Keyboard 60: v2 as a story · 6 points
HN discussionLink dump ahead... https://falba.tech/ and https://keycapsss.com/ are two suppliers in Europe, both sell kits and the first sells premade keyboards. There are small companies selling prebuilt keyboards and kits elsewhere, but I don't know them offhand, except for https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33006060286.html from China (as I have one). There's also https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket where there are people that w…
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on “If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead”Submitted UHK 80 – Ultimate Hacking Keyboard as a story · 5 points
HN discussionhttps://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/ may be heading in the direction you want.
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on “If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead”Submitted Agent is coming together, looking for a firmware developer as a story · 5 points
HN discussionhttps://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/ I hope they succeed. The addons look like an awesome idea.
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on “How I built a keyboard by hand”Submitted 2 keyboard halves 20 meters apart and still operational as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSure did. Just take a look at https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/ or similar. There's a cable that separates the two keyboards and they can go further apart than the picture in the article. Or just replace the cable with a longer one.
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on “Using two keyboards at once for pain relief”Submitted Hacking Keyboard – The Keyboard. For Professionals as a story · 4 points
HN discussionMechanical keyboards are nice and all, but by default they still don't solve for that awkward hand position. Take a good look at your hands while you type. Your wrist is bent sideways, your fingers are higher than the base of your wrist since the later is standing on your desk, but the keys are much higher than the desk. Also, since your hands are quite close to one another, you tend to hunch. Now your back will hav…
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on “Ask HN: What things do you wish you discovered earlier?”Submitted ANSI or ISO? Which keyboard layout do you use? And which one is more ergonomic? as a story · 3 points
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