A dev's massive mechanical keyboard collection sparked hilarious interventions on Reddit. A perfect lesson in hobby scope creep and getting wife approval!
Scrolling through r/MechanicalKeyboards this weekend, I stumbled upon a massive flex disguised as a cry for help. A fellow dev posted a massive shelf packed with custom keyboards with the title: "My wife thinks I have a problem." We all know the money pit that is building keebs, but the plot twist here is gold.
The OP posted a picture of a keyboard collection that probably costs more than my entire tech stack setup. He playfully told his wife, "it could be much worse."
Of course, the internet lacks a sarcasm detector. People actually thought he was about to get served divorce papers over some thocky switches and GMK keycaps. The OP had to hit the panic edit button to clarify: "Guys, the irony is lost on you! She is extremely accepting of my crazy hobbies!" Man's living the absolute dream while the rest of us are out here trying to disguise a PS5 as a WiFi router.
Instead of staging an intervention, the keyboard cultists did what they do best: enable the addiction and point out missing features like it's a code review.
Look, as devs, we all need a stress reliever to keep us sane after dealing with legacy code. Some lose their savings investing in crypto, others build custom mechanical keyboards. The OP's collection is living proof that "endgame" is a total myth—just like a completely bug-free production release. There's always one more mod, one more switch to lube.
It's great to have top-tier gear that makes typing boilerplate code feel luxurious, but don't blow your rent money. The real takeaway here? Whether you're building a new SaaS app or expanding your keeb collection, always make sure your primary stakeholder (the wife) has approved the project scope and budget. Otherwise, your personal server is definitely going down.
Source: Reddit
