MW PBT 02 on Gateron Ink Blacks V2, brass plate. I designed the brass weight and acrylic case around the DZ65 PCB. Had them laser cut from a couple shops.

It will make your life easier. To get up and running quickly,

• use http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/ to create your layout
• https://kbfirmware.com/ to map your matrix to pins and export your .hex
• then flash using https://github.com/qmk/qmk_toolbox from your desktop

You can export the code files from kbfirmware if you want to make more advanced changes, like adding a rotary encoder.

Buy an Elite-C microcontroller board and build with QMK