u/xXInviktor27Xx

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So I am a programmer by career and hobby, and I also use linux, vim and a tiling window manager. So my day to day workflow is very keyboard centric. Hence i would be working for hours on end and feel very sharp pains in my wrist and similar stuff, my fingers would be absolutely destroyed by the end of the day.

So I was afraid of getting carpal tunnel or something and looked into alternative keyboards and layouts. Since I am really into optimizing my workflow, i got really excited by it and bought a corne v3... and thought of going all the way and also switching to colemak dh at the same time.

So I made this keyboard layout myself, because using somebody else's didn't feel right as i wanted something tailor made for my needs. And also I use a tiling window manager so I made a dedicated layer that holds super, so stuff like super + 1 is really easy.

now here's the issue, i have been using this keyboard on and off for a couple months and finally fully committed myself to it since the last month... and this ain't it chief...

I have been practicing semi-daily for a month using it as my daily driver and its still uncomfortable to me and i struggle using it like my regular qwerty keyboard...

I am getting around 60wpm on colemak, struggling to improve but can touch type properly. I am ok with normal typing thats not the issue.

My main issue is everything else, I fucking hate using the modifiers, they are so bad, and also struggle a lot with symbols and stuff so programming is an absolute slog, which is very frustrating to me, having to relearn all the vim motions too and i am missing that HJKL keys position a lot.

I used to be able to use by computer at the speed of thought, but with pain. Now i dont have the pain but using my computer is such a chore and i get so frustrated at myself.

Is this it for me? I gave it a honest try and I am thinking of switching back, but i kinda regret it, i spent about a hundred dollars and months of my time on this, and as a college student from a third world country thats a lot to me.

I really don't want to give up tho, because i really the few fleeting moments when I am able to properly use this keyboard in a non frustrating manner... and i really want the outcome.. I really like the one shot shifts and stuff like that, how everything is nearby and my hands need to move so little...

So I want to ask you guys help as a last ditch effort, can yall please look at my keymap and suggest how i could improve the symbols and modifiers please.

I am very happy to answer any questions, doubts etc.

I know you guys are going through a very difficult time in your lives right now, I was there 3 years ago.

But there's light near the end of the tunnel.

Especially right now, since the job market is at it's lowest lows in decades.

Go ahead, ask me anything.

Mods if you want any kinda verification, feel free to DM me.

So I bought my first split- keyboard, a 42 key corne v3, and I am trying to also learn colemak on it.

Now normal typing is great, but it's really hard to use numbers, symbols and modifiers.. I use tiling window managers and so I use a lot of modifiers like super + shift + 1 or similar, and it's so annoying to do with the keymap.

So regular system navigation is really difficult and annoying.

Hence I am having to maintain 2 keyboards, a regular one for normal working and the split for colemak practice, which is really hampering my ability to learn. As I want to use this split for everything in the future

I heard of miryoku layout but it uses home row mods, and I saw online discourse that said to avoid them as they trigger a lot of false positives...

Anyone here who uses a 42 key split, and does programming, and heavy use of modifers and numbers and symbols? and is decently fast at it.

Please I would really like your help finding a great keymap.

So basically games where you can have a great experience with randoms.

Stuff like mmorpgs are pretty nice but not necessary, it should have a healthy playerbase and not require a lot of time commitment to start having fun.

PvE is preferred, PvP is fine if it's fun even if you are not doing well. (eg. Battlefield)

Games I have played similar:

• Deep rock galactic (great game)
• Warframe (good game but the multiplayer experience is kinda not good).

I really want stuff where you need to interact with others, like for trading or anything.

I do not want, competitive esports games like csgo or valorant or mobas, as they make me a bit toxic and angry when losing. PvP is fun but it shouldn't be soul crushing when you are losing.