I have the same experience. I started with using all the extra keys on the Ergodox, but it was difficult reaching them, including most of the keys in the thumb

I have the same experience. I started with using all the extra keys on the Ergodox, but it was difficult reaching them, including most of the keys in the thumb area. I have since changed the layout to mimic the altreus layout (with most of the extra keys empty), which works much better. And am waiting for my altreus from keyboard.io to arrive as the extra keys on the ergo actually cause me to miss with the pinky and hit the "empty" keys sometimes.