The DevTerm keyboard is far too small for grownups to type on

If you need to make a small keyboard, you reduce the number (not the size) of the keys. You need at least four rows of at least ten columns to be at all productive. That works out to 180mm x 72mm.

The DevTerm keyboard is 190mm x 78mm (and keyboard bevels can be any size), so it would be possible to have a very minimal, but grownup keyboard on the DevTerm. There are a bunch of ways you could lay it out, but this example offers a rough idea of the kind of compromises involved:

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When electronics manufacturers moved from polystyrene to cardboard, they called in origami masters. The DevTerm designers should have turned to keyboard enthusiasts, who have been making tiny keyboards for ages.

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