Behind the scenes #203

Keyboard Builders’ Digest / Editorial

Behind the scenes #203

Behind the scenes with the November best-seller switches, the Dry Studio Battleye overview, plus open-source tasks, keyboard artwork, meetups, distributors, reductions.

dovenyi
Revealed December 10, 2025

Hey, what’s up everybody!

Welcome again for an additional recap and behind-the-scenes write-up – with some cool tasks from the DIY keyboard scene, but additionally promising closed-source business tasks and even prototypes.

If you’re new to kbd.information, you may learn how this began out and what that is all about these days. Should you like what you see, subscribe to the publication (free) and donate some bucks to maintain this in any other case free and ad-free undertaking alive.

Some posts value sharing

• My common month-to-month change market overview is right here, with November’s prime mechanical switches – the group’s favorites primarily based on vendor gross sales information. FYI, when you’ve already seen this, I’ve up to date the article with Gateron‘s record after Friday’s reddit put up.

• Overview: A head-turning 75%-ish Corridor-effect board with round show and knob: the Battleye 74.5 RT by Dry Studio – for stylish players.

• Yuburoll‘s Boardloaf is an open-source 36-key break up keyboard with MX keys.

• The DYA Sprint is a pleasant wi-fi break up undertaking by Cormoran: low-pro, contact sensors, trackball.

• An Atreus-inspired monoblock keyboard by Mae Pugin: the wi-fi KaSe with OLED.

• The subsequent iteration of Chris Trotter‘s ArcBoard is right here. Mk20 comes with plenty of enhancements.

• Gareth Gummow‘s ortholinear Tentacle is utilizing the writer’s SquidHID firmware.

• Vostok Labs‘ Baikal is a beginner-friendly, handwired, wi-fi Corne construct with step-by-step directions.

• An RP2040-based modular macropad system by Juho T.: the Suutari20 utilizing TRRS sockets and jacks.

• Vulpes by ravnheim/ravnrev. A pleasant handwired break up.

• Parrot90 by haricane8133. A DIY TKL break up with do-it-yourself circuit board, amongst different issues.

• Talon38 is a handwired wi-fi hotswap break up by jrussellsmyth.

• One other handwired one: Lobo by no-restarts/mentaldesk. A customized 3D-printed case for a Corne-ish break up – with shows on the facet for visibility when tented.

• Naoki‘s Keyspec Generator. Generate customized keyboard spec badges. (Thanks for the heads-up, Micah!) It already covers many conditions, although not all: break-off columns will give me some complications. Nonetheless, I could borrow some concepts from this undertaking.

• One other code typing coach: CodeSprint by Connor (cwklurks/Inside-Challenge54).

• Denali by HaiZeus. Photograph by dakfu_.

• Sweeeep posted by CaptLynx. In case you want some ornament however do not want an OLED.

• Skullytl is a Dactyl-like break up with two skulls for tenting. Recordsdata on Printables.

• One long-time donor left. (Thanks for all of the help you’ve got given in years!) Anybody appears like becoming a member of?
• As at all times, many because of my superior common supporters and everybody who helped this undertaking so far.

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Meetup database

The meetup database serves as each a calendar and an archive, so be happy to ship me upcoming occasions and even ones from the latest previous to make this assortment as complete as potential.

Upcoming meetups

Not too long ago added

• Colorado MechMeets January 2026 meetup, January 17, 2026, Erie, CO, US
• KeyCon 2026 [venue announced], June 13, 2026, Chicago, IL, US

Meetup galleries

Vendor information & Reductions

Be at liberty to make use of the KBDNEWS low cost code at 189 keyboard outlets worldwide! And don’t hesitate to report any points! 🙂

New outlets and updates to the database of keyboard distributors this previous two weeks:

• inputgear.de added. That is Candykeys rebranded with out GBs now. 5% off with the KBDNEWS coupon code. The candykeys area will likely be redirected to this one.
• Inexperienced Door Geeks‘s Luis has raised your low cost to 10% (code: KBDNEWS). Thanks!
• Restricted Offended Miao coupon added (KBDNEWS). Works for the Infinity mouse and the Battleye keyboard I’ve reviewed, $100+ buy wanted.

Different information:

Developments

I have been engaged on some administrative scripts for the change part. Updating costs and inventory standing ought to turn into smoother and extra frequent quickly, plus I am making ready some new options as effectively.

Full automation is sort of dangerous with all of the totally different outlets, currencies, and types of classifying merchandise (with some attributes showing solely in titles…), however the purpose is to reduce guide duties.

As well as, Raphael‘s mail asking for help whereas making an attempt to subscribe to the publication made me conscious of the truth that 20-25% of recent subscribers are marked as Unactivated. Hmm. I found a Ship reminder possibility, so if the e-mail handle is right, chances are you’ll obtain a brand new notification to substantiate it. Verify your spam folder too…

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That is all for right this moment. Thanks for checking by. As at all times: Continue to learn and constructing!

Till subsequent time,
Tamás

Revealed on Wed tenth Dec 2025. Featured in KBD #203.

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