feat(blog): SOTF #2 initial work.

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+title: ZMK State Of The Firmware \#2
+author: Pete Johanson
+author_title: Project Creator
+author_url: https://gitlab.com/petejohanson
+author_image_url: https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2001ceff7e9dc753cf96fcb2e6f41110
+tags: [SOTF, keyboards, firmware, oss, ble]
+---
+
+Welcome to the second ZMK "State Of The Firmware"!
+
+This update will cover all the major activity since the last SOTF, preparations for the upcoming
+Hacktoberfest activity, and a current open vote for community feedback on a ZMK mascot.
+
+## Recent Activity
+
+So much going on in ZMK!
+
+- hold-tap in [#146](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/146) - [okke-formsma]
+- BT profile management in [#133](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/133) - [petejohanson]
+- integration tests in [#131](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/131) by [BrainWart] & [petejohanson]
+- layer toggle in [#98](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/98) - [BrainWart]
+- Key fix for dropped press/release over HID [#93](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/93)/[#96](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/96) - [careyk007](https:/careyk007) & [petejohanson]
+- Code formatting standardized in [#183](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/183) - [petejohanson]
+- `&bootloader` behavior in [#116](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/116) - [petejohanson]
+- Various bug fixes and documentation
+
+## New Shields
+
+- QAZ in [#130](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/130) - [tominabox1](https:/tominabox1)
+- Iris in [#151](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/151) - [kurtis-lew](https:/kurtis-lew)
+- RoMac 2.1 in [#122](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/122) - [bmcgavin](https:/bmcgavin)
+- Sofle in [#118](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/118) - [CrossR](https:/CrossR)
+- splitreus62 in [#92](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/92) - [Na-Cly](https:/Na-Cly)
+
+## New Boards
+
+- DZ60RGB rev1 in [#166](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/166) - [Nicell]
+- nrfMicro in [#101](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/101) - [okke-formsma]
+- BlueMicro840 [#91](https:/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/91) - [Na-Cly](https:/Na-Cly)
+
+## Hacktoberfest Preparation
+
+TODO: Talk about this more!
+
+- Contributing Guidelines
+- A bunch of open issues
+
+## Coming Soon!
+
+TODO: Copy needed here, and more detailed bullet points
+
+- Improved modifier infrastructure, including "shifted keycodes" - [okke-formsma]
+- Battery percentage reporting - [Nicell]
+- Complete defines for HID keycodes/usage IDs - [innovaker](https:/innovaker)
+- Further BT management work - [petejohanson]
+- Improved power management - [petejohanson], [Nicell]
+
+## Statistics
+
+Some statistics around ZMK of interest:
+
+- GitHub
+ - 115 Closed PRs
+ - 64 Stars
+ - 48 Forks
+- Discord Chat
+ - 186 total registered
+- Website (last 30 days)
+ - 7.4K page views
+ - 474 new users
+
+## Thanks!
+
+Thanks again to the numerous contributors and users who have made working on ZMK such a pleasure!
+
+[okke-formsma]: https:/okke-formsma
+[nicell]: https:/Nicell
+[petejohanson]: https:/petejohanson
+[brainwart]: https:/BrainWart