iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 22/03/2026

To help me move my other projects along, I'm making Kanoniko, a small native desktop kanban app that works over a standard todo.txt file. I believe a Trello-style board is all you need for most projects but I don't like the idea of keeping it outside the project.

Screenshot of Kanoniko app on macOS showing a Trello-like kanban board with 3 columns: To Do, Review and Done with a few cards each.

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 11/03/2026

Had to drop down to WIN32 API to implement dead key handling in Typingvania the way I wanted to

resolve_altgr_key function using WIN32 API side by side with onscreen keyboard and Typingvania game window

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 05/02/2026

My typing trainer Typingvania is 10% off for the duration of Steam Typing Fest! ⌨️ ⌨️ ⌨️ store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/...

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 19/01/2026

Humble new prototype. The core is very simple (1 mechanic). Behind the scenes this already has lore, skill tree and metaprogression ⏳

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 11/01/2026

Because I like procedural generation, I'm leaning to procedural terrain with a clipmap (pictured) but because it's boring and not Moon-like, I'll overlay craters, Path3D tracks and other terrain features #gamedev #indiedev

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 08/01/2026

Got the suspension and grip/slip working. Added flight control with auto-leveling, thruster brake and natural steer-yaw. In an airless environment the speed just grows and grows as long as you keep breaking ground contact. #gamedev #indiedev

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 06/01/2026

One of the mechanics I'm exploring is additional downforce that decreases as you speed up. Physics is more Realistic™ now with fewer problems but still janky.

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 03/01/2026

Working on the prototype for my next game, just put in a (janky) shapecast vehicle controller. First, to make it behave, and then to add some mechanics. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 03/01/2026

New project (it's a game (again))

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 12/11/2025

Going to do a lightning talk tomorrow at a work-adjacent Rust meetup

“Rust for Swift developers” — Yuri Karabatov, 13 November 2025

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 29/09/2025

Typing trainer Typingvania is 10% off for the Steam Autumn sale store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/...

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 27/09/2025

Hit 100 WPM after 10 hours #typing practice in Typingvania norikitech.com/typingvania

Typingvania "All-time performance" screenshot showing accuracy and speed graphs, with speed trending up over a total of 776 rounds

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 26/08/2025

Typingvania, a typing trainer where you type words from real books tailored to your skill, is OUT NOW on Steam and Mac App Store! norikitech.com/typingvania/

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 17/08/2025

New book day! Let's see what HTMX is about.

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 15/08/2025

New project let's go

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 15/08/2025

If you look at the repo, Typingvania is an HTML game

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 13/08/2025

Typingvania is now content-complete with 8 books in 8 languages and multiple keyboard layouts. It will launch on Steam August 26th and later on Mac App Store. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/...

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 13/08/2025

For this #WishlistWednesday I'm happy to announce that my typing trainer Typingvania will be released on Steam on August 26th! Wishlist Typingvania on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/...

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 06/08/2025

Typingvania will have books in six languages at launch: English, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, French and Russian. Wishlist Typingvania on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/...

“Choose book” menu showing the list of available books:
1. Dracula
2. Der Golem
3. Dream of the Red Chamber
4. Kokoro
5. Mysterious Island
6. The Ruler of the World

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 03/08/2025

A Japanese book joins English, French, Simplified Chinese and Russian for the release lineup. Wishlist Typingvania on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/...

Screenshot of the main screen of Typingvania showing text in Japanese and suggesting the player to type "じりじり" as "jirijiri".

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 23/07/2025

If you want to practice 简体中文 I got you covered Wishlist Typingvania on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/...

Screenshot showing the highlighted phrase "心心念念" and the suggested pinyin text to type "xin1 xin1 nian4 nian4".

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 17/07/2025

You can now switch between four different themes, with two high contrast options. Wishlist Typingvania on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/... #gamedev #indiedev #typing

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 13/07/2025

If you wanted to practice French, now you can (even if you don't have a French keyboard) Wishlist Typingvania on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/...

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 11/07/2025

Sneak peek of what I'm working on for Typingvania

Screen showing a list of books:
* “Dracula”
* « L’Île mystérieuse »

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 06/07/2025

Finally got the game working again with the multilanguage binary files! Now to prioritize all the work I can reasonably do before release. Wishlist Typingvania on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/... #typing #indiegame #gamedev

Screenshot of the typing trainer Typingvania showing the Training focus panel (Accuracy for "n": 93.75%, Reach 95%) and the text to type.

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 03/07/2025

I took a break from Typingvania but I'm back! Just finished the binary converter/exporter that now fully supports multiple layouts per book and multiple languages

Screenshot of a log finishing with “Wrote 7156215 bytes.” and a file icon for dracula2.fab sized at 7,2 MB.

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 22/05/2025

I'm very prone to mindlessly open X or whatever and it breaks my thinking, so on my laptop I put a 20 second delay on opening any social media that also reminds me of my current top goal I should work on. Don't let it control you. Read with intention.

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 19/05/2025

“Between building features, let's take a sprint to take on tech debt!”

Clowns trying to put out a fire with joke flowers.
A comic from Buni

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 10/05/2025

Reading about Rust, it's painfully obvious how hard Apple fumbled Swift. It could be as widely adopted as Rust is because it has most of the same features that make Rust so good as a language. But the libraries and OS support are just not there. And compile times, ugh.

* Invariants can be encoded and enforced in the type system through features like enums being algebraic data types.
* Variables are immutable by default and must be explicitly annotated as mutable. This forces you to think about where and how data mutation occurs, enabling you to spot issues sooner.
* Option<T> significantly curtails the billion dollar mistake.
* Result<T, E> forces you to reckon about handling errors.

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 06/05/2025

Rewrote the shader and made the charts as crisp as the text ✨ Wishlist Typingvania on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/... #typing #gamedev #indiegame

A before image showing an uneven, bumpy chart.
An after image showing a smooth antialiased chart.

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 30/04/2025

I'll write a nicer shader for the chart, but the layout for this stats screen is done store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/... #gamedev #indiegame

All-time performance screen showing charts for Accuracy and Speed for a total of 191 rounds

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 30/04/2025

Typingvania is now more than 15,000 lines of C

cloc output:
C: 42 files, 10169 lines of code
C header: 46 files, 4917 lines of code

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 29/04/2025

“If you would please consult the graphs!” First rough pass on another stats page for Typingvania Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/...

Game screen showing charts for Accuracy and Speed with values and the central trend lines

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 27/04/2025

First step to rendering the accuracy/speed graph

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 27/04/2025

3 hours of typing = 4% of the book typed

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 26/04/2025

Some new Typingvania gameplay with the latest UI store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/... #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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Yuri Karabatov @yk.wtf · 26/04/2025

Oh it's #screenshotsaturday — here's my typing trainer Typingvania. It learns how you type and gives you the best words to make you a better typer in the shortest possible time. Wishlist the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3632460/...