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Mechanical keyboards enthusiasts, have you reached your endgame? (piefed.zip)

submitted 19 hours ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/mechanical_keyboards@programming.dev

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[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, I finally realised I'd spent too much fucking money on keebs

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Which keyboard are you using right now?

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

It's been a while since I was in the scene, but sure. My two daily drivers are both boards from Protozoa Studio, which I became quite a fan of.

One is the Protozoa Foundation with SLK Dessau caps. Its gimmick is changeable top bezels attached with magnets, shown here in a yellow plexiglass. I also have a black terrazo top for it with coloured flecks that looks like a 1990s bus seat.

The other, and my favourite, is the Protozoa P.02 with SA Skyriter, pictured below on the right. The one on the left I gifted to a friend after building.

The P.02 I am especially fond of because the PCB internals for it are the open source Discipline 65 which means if the PCB were to die for any reason I can just solder up another (I've already got spare PCBs and parts!)

I want to see more projects like the P02, not just in keebs but in general, where you get a carefully designed and lovely item but with open source fundamentals that break you free of commercial control so you can keep it going yourself forever.