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Build of the week: the Drop CTRL goes synthwave under GMK Laser and Ink V2 Yellow
A board tuned for directness, a switch tuned for speed, and a keycap set tuned for attention — the gap between the first two and the third is the entire reason this build works.
thock7 min read
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Build of the week: the Bakeneko65 stops being a budget board under GMK Bentō R2 and Tecsee Sapphire V2
A $150 evergreen hotswap board, a sold-out doubleshot ABS set, and a sparkly polycarbonate tactile aren't a mismatch — the cheap part of this build is the entry price, not the result.
thock7 min read
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Build of the week: the mission control desk, in Class80, Godspeed, and Box White
A retro TKL, a steel-blue-and-cream SA set, and a clicky box-stem switch aren't three separate purchases here — they're one decision, made three times, that only works because each part solves a problem the other two create.
thock7 min read
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Pairing Oil Kings with the Mode Sonnet
This pairing has been on the bench for months, and a free Sunday finally made it happen. The Sonnet is a soft 75 with a block mount, and Oil Kings are a heavy factory-lubed linear — together they hit a register worth coming back to.
thock5 min read