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Welcome. This is a deep hole to throw money into if you start getting really into it.
Apparently your keyboard uses "Longhua switches made by Kaihua" and these equate roughly to Brown Cherry MX switches (so half way between a very clicky feel and smooth key, effectively a mild click feel).
I hope it feels much better than your previous keyboard. Mechanical keyboard modding is a thing (if you're interested). The switches can feel much nicer if they're lubricated and you don't necessarily need to de-solder to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Lu3fj6W5s
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
anything new and exciting to recommend for someone who bought their keyboard years ago enjoys their ducky kb w/ mx browns?
Hipyo tech makes good content if you're looking for ideas: https://youtu.be/GaeIEKilzVA
You can mod your own keyboard. Or if you want to do something new then you can look at other layouts. Look at my post history, I've made a couple of custom layout compact keyboards.
If you really want to get your hands dirty then you can look at making a handwired custom keyboard or macropad from scratch: https://www.youtube.com/UCsjCKly4KtkvVyDjG_XkzEA
I don't think Ducky supports QMK, but if you have a QMK/VIAL compatible keyboard then you can do all sorts of interesting custom key assignments.
I guess I was also pointing at like...key switch types. If there has been any uhh I guess "improvement" is the word word over the cherry type switches
Yeah there are loads of options now.. Even that link is old and there are even more types. I'm using Gateron switches myself. There are low profile mechanical switches as well.
There is also plenty of variety in keycaps.
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Yeah so far it has a very nice click sound to it! I'll look into lubricating it then.
If you lubricate the side where the slider clicks inside the switch then it may lose most of its tactile clicky feel (which may be a good or bad thing depending on what you want, personally I prefer smooth keys). This lubricating process is tedious and takes a couple of hours at least.
There are also Lemmy communities dedicated to mechanical keyboards if you're interested.
Cool thanks for letting me know.
they call it "the hobby" and it seems to be a way to spend a lot of money to be satisfied for a very short amount of time before needing to spend more money.