10 questionable design decisions in our keyboards

Dygma Lab October 16, 2025
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When we designed our keyboards, we spent months researching and considering every decision, so everything made perfect sense to us. However, some questions about those design decisions keep coming up, so our CEO, Luis, is here to address them. Bonus: Can you count how many times Luis says “actually”? 😂 _________________________ 00:00 Intro 00:22 Why are there so many thumbkeys? 01:35 Why doesn't the Defy have modifiers? 03:29 Why are the palm rests not detachable? 04:45 Why are the palm pads not harder? 06:21 Why do we need the neuron? 09:13 Why do we use LP switches for some thumb keys? 10:45 Why didn't we use south-facing switches? 11:35 What's the underglow for? 13:26 Why are there no F keys, arrow keys, or numpad? 17:42 Why does the Raise 2 have a different tenting from the Raise OG? _________________________ VIDEOS MENTIONED ▶️ Did we overengineer keyboard tenting? https://youtu.be/rAOiPXBjUjY ▶️ The Dark Side of Innovation https://youtu.be/Joahta0h5MY ▶️ Why is the Spacebar so BIG? Let's fix it https://youtu.be/e8lsqEwLhH4 ▶️ From Noob to Pro: Mastering Layers in a Programmable Keyboard! 😎 https://youtu.be/6lZzSNGUc2M ▶️ How to configure your Dygma keyboard with Bazecor https://youtu.be/U4a6Pmf4lQA _________________________ 🌐 Learn more on our website: https://www.dygma.com/ 🐰 Join our subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DygmaLab/​ 🐦 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DygmaLab 👾 Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/vjsgxMYxtf ❤️ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dygmalab/ 👍 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dygmalab/ 🕺 Catch us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dygma.com