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Yao Wei
Personal blog · yaowei.devhardwareprogramming
Yao Wei's personal blog at yaowei.dev covers hardware and programming. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “QMK USB to USB Keyboard Protocol Converter”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Yao Wei's post on a USB-to-USB converter that turns an ordinary USB keyboard into a QMK keyboard, a keychain-sized build. The comments only point to the post and do not judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- QMK USB to USB Keyboard Protocol Converter3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-06-03
What Hacker News says?
Behold, an inline USB QMK controller. Just carry one on your keychain https://yaowei.dev/posts/usb-to-usb-converter/
Comment linking /posts/usb-to-usb-converter/
on “QMK and Keyboards”Submitted QMK USB to USB Keyboard Protocol Converter as a story · 1 points
HN discussionYou could also make/get a converter that turns pretty much any USB keyboard into a QMK keyboard: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69169.0 https://yaowei.dev/posts/usb-to-usb-converter/
Comment linking /posts/usb-to-usb-converter/
on “Keyd: Linux Key Remapper”