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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • I put brackets as combos of pointing and middle finger.

    On the left half the homerow combo is for (. On the right half, it’s for ).

    And the other symbols are on a layer. I optimized it it to make common programming symbols easy to type.

    And I found that practicing typing quickly on speedcoder.com really helped me.

    At first you have to think about what key to press to switch the layer and then what key to press to get true symbol you need.

    But after a while, your brain learns the combination of movements.

    So you just express the intention of a symbol and your fingers execute the symbol.




  • You got a lot of great recommendations.

    I just wanted to throw in that you shouldn’t actually put your wrists on the wrist rests, because it can lead to carpal tunnel syndrome.

    Instead you should rest the meaty part of your palm. So it’s better to refer to them in your head as “palm rests”.

    And for ideal ergonomics you should only rest on them when you are not typing. When you are typing your hands should be floating.

    And of course, your table height should be at or below elbow level so that your elbows are 90 degrees or less.





  • Amazing. Thank you for creating this community here.

    I haven’t been back to Reddit since the blackouts started and the only subreddits I miss were this one and one other one.

    So I’m happy we have a new home.

    I also appreciate and fully agree with the way you handled the move and your decision making.

    Thank you for being honest, transparent and considerate.

    Next step is to move all my posts from Reddit to here.