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How to live another day?
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BUILDING WINGS FROM METAL AND CODE
A cripple's manifesto on programming, engineering, and fighting for one more day
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Иван
Ivan is a programmer, DIY engineer, and transgressive author who is currently engineering his own survival. A former sailor born in the last millennium, his life was derailed by a severe, progressive autoimmune disease that stripped him of his mobility, the dexterity of his hands, and the clarity of his speech.
Refusing to surrender to the abyss, Ivan turned his only fully functioning asset—his mind—into a weapon. Unable to use standard keyboards or commercial assistive devices, he taught himself C#, C++, and microcontroller programming to build his own. He is the creator of the Hairband Mouse, a head-controlled BLE mouse, and a fully functional, budget-friendly DIY exoskeleton-walker built from laser-cut steel and cheap Chinese servos.
When he isn’t writing code or soldering ESP32 boards, Ivan writes dark, philosophical fiction to keep the "schizophrenic delirium" at bay. He currently lives in a house he built himself, married again, and continues to invent. His core philosophy is simple: "Either I build myself wings out of metal and code, or I crash. But I will not just sit and wait."
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