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ForgePicks is a small collection of fiercely opinionated buying guides: mini PCs for home servers and ergonomic mechanical keyboards. Two holds, zero sponsored placements, every pick argued for on the merits.

One person, no sponsors, no fake scores — why I built this.

Stylized split ergonomic keyboard forged from dark metal with glowing ember keys

KEYHOLD ergonomic keyboards

Forged for people who type for a living.

Nine ergonomic mechanical keyboards — six true splits and three Alice-layout boards — ranked for people who type all day.

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Stylized mini PC as a rune-engraved cube of dark forged metal

IRONHOLD mini PCs

Mini PCs forged for your homelab.

Eight mini PCs ranked for home-server duty: idle power first, dual 2.5GbE where it counts, no fluff.

See the 8 picks → · blog

New GMKtec Black Friday Early Access live.

Your Network, Your Rules guide cover

New from the forge

Your Network, Your Rules

The step-by-step guide to the stack guarding my own house — Pi-hole, arpwatch & Uptime Kuma. Zero to blocking 75% of your network’s junk DNS in an afternoon.

Get the guide — $9 on Gumroad →

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