Articles about the software I build and the tools around it: interfaces, backend services, security and the homelab.https://franklin-tenepo.com/enhttps://franklin-tenepo.com/blog/german-keyboard-to-dygma-defy/https://franklin-tenepo.com/blog/german-keyboard-to-dygma-defy/It took three keyboards and more than a thousand euros to fix a German layout that fought my Vim motions. Here is what each one taught me, and what I would tell someone starting out.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT<p><img src="https://franklin-tenepo.com/_astro/cover.BN3KQN6A_ZDGG1i.jpeg" alt="A Dygma Defy split keyboard on a blue-grey desk mat with blue underglow, one half flat and the other tilted on its stand, next to a mouse, headphones and a notebook." /></p><p>It took three keyboards and more than a thousand euros to fix a German layout that fought my Vim motions. Here is what each one taught me, and what I would tell someone starting out.</p>Toolingkeyboardsplit-keyboardneovimergonomics