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DCS Olivetti and the quiet rebellion against Cherry orthodoxy
A March group buy closed strong, and eight weeks of steady tracker movement later, DCS Olivetti is the clearest sign that experienced builders are ready to argue about profile again.
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News
GMK CYL Prussian Alert is live at KBDfans through June 12
GMK CYL Prussian Alert opened at KBDfans on 2026-05-15 with a Bauhaus-leaning red-on-cream palette. The buy runs through 2026-06-12 — the IC was the loudest GMK CYL thread on GeekHack before the open, and the order window is now live.
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GSK Sweet Nightmare runs a four-day window at KBDfans with an eight-variant matrix
Goldenstar's Sweet Nightmare resin run opened at KBDfans on 2026-05-08 and closed 2026-05-11. The four-day window is unusually tight for a formal group buy, and the eight-variant matrix — four colorways across two finishes — compresses a configurator's worth of choices into a half-week.
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Keycap profiles, compared: Cherry, OEM, SA, and MT3
Most beginners agonize over switches for weeks, then drop any keycap set on top and discover the keycap was doing half the work all along. Profile shapes the sound, the typing angle, and the way a board reads on a desk — and the four profiles below cover almost every set on the market.
thock10 min read
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Keycap materials, compared: ABS, PBT, and the rest
Most builders obsess over switches and quietly accept whatever keycaps came in the box, then wonder six months in why their board doesn't sound like the YouTube video. Half the answer is the plastic. Material decides how a cap rings, how it ages, and what it feels like under a fingertip on day one and day one thousand.
thock10 min read