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After many troubles, I have completed my first ever keyboard build, my very own Lily58
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this post was submitted on 05 Dec 2023
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Do you guys code with these? I was thinking of building one but the space and shift keys seem... Inconvenient.
I guess both are relevant in non code scenarios too but the shift really stuck out to me. The symbols being in the center, at least as pictured/mapped on one ergomech site I looked at, also seemed inconvenient since I use those a ton (brackets, comma, semi colon, etc) but that's probably more of a training thing
I code with it, yeah. Just have those symbols wherever you want them (I never used those inner upper keys either, except for things that I don't mind lifting my hand for). Layers layers layers. Also home row mods.
For my next board, I'm probably going with a 6×3+3, I don't use the number row either. Keypad on a layer under the right hand is so much nicer...