iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

rukai @rukai.xyz · 17/07/2026

FYI, if you received an email from AWS saying you racked up 40 billion USD in AWS costs, dont worry, its a bug. They have an incident for it here health.aws.amazon.com/health/status What a terrifying email to receive. 😶

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 07/06/2026

And a top down view

Fully assembled custom split-ergo keyboard (plugged)

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 07/06/2026

Finished! Took a little longer than estimated but was a fun build. I'll eventually build another so I can get an identical setup at work. But I'm tempted to first redo the CAD design so that the switch plates are flush with the base.

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 06/06/2026

Messed up the original board and had to order a rev2 😭 New boards came in and I've now got a fully assembled and working left half. Now I'm just waiting on one last print. (And a bit of software work)

A custom split ergo keyboard, the right half is just a pcb with no shell.

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 06/05/2026

My new job is entirely in office so I brought my moonlander keyboard into the office which left me without a split ergo keyboard at home. If I can make a foot pedal how hard could a keyboard be? Well there was a few new challenges but after a bunch of time in CAD, parts are starting to arrive.

Left half of a keyboard with pcb exposed and no switches or keycaps

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 09/04/2026

👀 I've been thinking of giving it another go lately

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 04/04/2026

Turns out that with high quality (and dry!) filament you can print keycaps just fine. So i've changed DPedal to use custom printed keycaps. The new design is cheaper, nicer to use (more area to hit with your foot) and just looks really cool!

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 04/04/2026

I had always thought it wasn't possible to print keycaps for choc v1 switches, I thought the pins would always snap off. So I was buying mass produced keycaps for DPedal's side buttons instead.

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Digs @digsdev.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I'm going to be streaming the development of my new game! The link is twitch.tv/digsdev and I'll be live 10am-7pm AEDT Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday. See you there!

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 27/01/2026

My brother just released this game he's been working on for over 2 years, its short and sweet, each level feels unique and makes you go "huh". Its pretty cheap so I'd recommend giving it a go if you like this genre.

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Chromatic Conundrum @chromaticconundrum.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

CHROMATIC CONUNDRUM JUST RELEASED ON STEAM! store.steampowered.com/app/3081690/Chromatic_Conundrum #gamedev #indiedev

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Lucy 🕊️ @lucysrausch.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

(ofc i did not delete BO for production)

back of a large circuit board showing an otter

closeup of the silkscreen reveals dithered printing pattern

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Lucy 🕊️ @lucysrausch.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

i was just reminded of that one time PCBWay didn't like my otter

"otter too big on BO, crashed our software many times, pls advise"

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 03/01/2026

I've also published a video about the new design: youtu.be/cKfQDGv7vjg

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DPedal V3: Completely redesigned!

YouTube video by Rukai Makes

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 03/01/2026

Today I'm announcing DPedal V3, a redesign of my open source assistive foot pedal. Its been in the works for a long time and I'm really excited to finally release it. I've set up a website which includes detailed build instructions: dpedal.com

dpedal.com

DPedal

A USB foot pedal with controls for up, down, left and right plus some extra buttons.

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 03/12/2025

The wire design works but its super fiddly, so I wanted to test out a PCB based design. PCB's arrived today, will have time to test them out tomorrow.

a green PCB with 6 footprints for keyboard switches.

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 06/11/2025

Got it all wired up! Originally I used whatever wire I had lying around, but it was way too thick and I couldn't squeeze in the switches after soldering them. So, after learning that the higher the number, the smaller the wire, I bought some 30 gauge wire instead, and it fits perfectly now.

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Stephen Hawes @stephenhawes.com · 25/10/2025

Custom PCBs with vias are easy, if the vias are already there!

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 22/10/2025

For example, while it didn't fail the print, the overhang around the dpad either did not slice well or did not print well. Either way I realized I don't need an overhang there after all, so I'll probably just remove it.

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 22/10/2025

I love this thing so much. What a great object. Still some minor tweaks to be made though.

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 19/10/2025

I've been working on a redesign of dpedal that is more robust and uses an RP pico instead of a custom PCB to bring down the cost of an individual making their own. I'm happy with the CAD design, time to get printing and see how it handles reality.

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 13/10/2025

I thought all Raspberry Pi Pico's had USB C, but it turns out only my slightly bootleg one from Amazon does that. Only realized when I bought a second one lol

Raspberry Pi pico standing on his many legs

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Alice I Cecile @alice-i-cecile.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 02/10/2025

The video goes into detail about how I designed the 3D printed parts and how the gamecube controller protocol works

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 01/10/2025

New video! youtu.be/9gUPjIQT9Fg I'm really happy with this one, I pushed the production value up a bit, and tried a bunch of new things. There's a few wonky things left in, but time to just ship it and learn rather than endlessly redo.

youtu.be

I built my own controller to play Smash Bros.

YouTube video by Rukai Makes

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 30/09/2025

I found this resource for designing parts to be 3D printed to be invaluable. blog.rahix.de/design-for-3... You will still need some resource for actually operating a CAD software, but I just learnt the basic sketch -> extrude process and looked things up when I hit a wall. So I cant help you there.

blog.rahix.de

Design for 3D-Printing - Rahix' Blog

Deep dive into mechanical design that is optimized for 3d-printing.

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 12/08/2025

I wanted to improve my video quality a bit. So I researched cameras and it turns out, to start off, you're better off getting a light instead and just using the camera already in your phone. I got one of those soft led panels for photography and tested it out, this is much better!

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 01/08/2025

Case in point, I realised after publishing that my expression in the thumbnail was not working, so I replaced it with much a better one, but now the old one is cached everywhere. Now I know for next time. 🥲

youtube thumbnail, I am holding a security key and a foot pedal while looking at the security key

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 30/07/2025

new video! Making videos has turned out to be quite fun. I have so much to learn but I've been slowly getting there. youtu.be/1Zo4CKk5WPk

youtu.be

Making a foot pedal pretend to be a security key

YouTube video by Rukai Makes

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 22/05/2025

My brother has been working on this first person puzzle game for a while and is looking to release it soon. I had a lot of fun playtesting it so wishlist it on steam if it looks like your jam.

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Dan Fornace @danfornace.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Somehow, I've been making platform fighters for over 20 years now.

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 24/04/2025

rukaidata is now updated with P+ 3.1.0 Heres a before (left) and after (right) for mewtwo's hurtboxes. rukaidata.com/P+/Mewtwo/su...

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 16/03/2025

Small site update for all you rukaidata nerds out there. wario and kirby hitboxes are now fixed on all dash style moves. e.g. rukaidata.com/P+/Kirby/sub... Thanks to @eontas.bsky.social for nerd sniping me at the right time. Images: before -> after

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 13/02/2025

I ported the stock gram firmware to rust. Which was partially to satisfy my own silly purism but it is also easier to build and deploy config changes now. And here's the onshape exploded diagram just because it looks so cool.

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rukai @rukai.xyz · 13/02/2025

Still figuring out how I will use bluesky vs mastodon. I've been using mastodon for tech stuff for years now and it's been great. On the other hand seems like most of my smash friends have moved over to bsky now. Anyway I recently built a custom controller for smash around the gram slim PCB.

A custom 3d printed hitbox style controller with the PCB exposed.

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