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Home automation vs Mechanical keyboards

Home automation and mechanical keyboards have 92% in common. Here is how they differ on time, cost and feel, so you can pick the one that fits your week.

WhatHome automationMechanical keyboards
Time a week2 hours a week1 hour a week
Who withOn your ownOn your own
You end up withSomething you madeSomething you made
FeelsLivelyCalm
To start$80$100

Choose home automation if

  • Less about collecting
  • More useful day to day
  • Less fiddly

About $80 to start, then about $10 a month.

About home automation

Choose mechanical keyboards if

  • More about collecting
  • Less about being useful
  • More fiddly, precise work

About $100 to start, then about $20 a month.

About mechanical keyboards

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Any two of the 396. You get the time each takes, what it costs to start, who you need and what you end up with.