KeyCon 2026 recap

I attended and spoke at KeyCon 2026! KeyCon is an annual mechanical keyboard convention in the United States. I’ve always wanted to go! It rotates locations every year, and this year it was in Chicago, so I had to attend on my home turf. At these keyboard events (which I’ve written about before), people put their keyboards out on big tables and you get to try out the different setups and keycaps and switches that everyone has. It ends up being like a mechanical keyboard museum, where everyone’s displays are brought with a fair amount of nerdy passion. My display was a similar set of keyboards that I’ve brought to meetups before. I did, however, include my latest build, the CSTM80 with DSA Royal Navy! This board is special to me. It’s made with a bunch of parts that you can’t buy anymore, and it was fun getting to geek out about that with folks who understand what a big deal it is for me to have what I have. It was so great attending this year and meeting up with people, some of whom I…