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Does anyone actually use a 60% or less for programming work? (lemmy.world)

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I'm more interested if any of you actually do work on a 60% or below, I see a lot of 40s and a lot of lemmings are devs so do you guys use that for personal or work? No arrow keys? F keys? Home/end? Are you really holding shift+fn+d for end?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Posting as I don't really use splits despite owning a few, but I do use a large selection of 40s and 30s as my daily drivers for coding.

Past week I have been using my Equinox as I got bored with how big my Equinox XL is, I just wasnt using the right side of it past ;, I wanted the same aesthetic but smaller.

I regularly use a QAZ and I have a number of V4N4G0Ns that I use more often. I have another 40 or so boards that I use a lot less regularly, mostly because they simply have too many keys for me or I just do not like the layout in practice. This is the big thing with 40s, way more variation in layout, much easier to find something that fits your particular usage style.

The trick is to make use of layers as much as possible, and theme your layers around the task that you are trying to accomplish. For example, if you regularly use a numpad now, create a locking layer (plenty of ways to do this in QMK) that has the same layout as a numpad. I have a layer that is just for my window management in Sway.

The other trick is to move your most common symbols, actions, F keys, etc. to the home row on those layers and only the most used. Making your most used keys that you would normally be reaching for much more accessible. The big thing I aim for is moving my hands less. A full sized board you have to move your hands all the time, on a 40 I only move to use my track ball.