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I feel like most ergonomic keyboards work better for regular typing. A lot of the ergonomic (split) keyboards still force your hands in awkward positions if you

I feel like most ergonomic keyboards work better for regular typing. A lot of the ergonomic (split) keyboards still force your hands in awkward positions if you're coding because of all the weird parentheses and symbols you don't normally use. What I haven't tried yet are ortholinear keyboards or tiny keyboards like the Atreus. Judging by the layout I'm guessing ortholinear keyboards would still force your hands into awkward positions at the (pinky) edges, so avoiding that by using a tiny keyboard might be an option?

Ataraxy 6y ago
On the very small boards you use chording to access different layers for symbols and numbers. Like for me I hold down my right thumb key (which is also space if i were to just tap it) and that changes the layer allowing me type symbols like (){}[]<>. In practice it's as if you were using shift to capitalize something and it becomes second nature very quickly. Getting used to chording and layers is what allows you to eventually use less and less keys like the split 36 key board I use these days: https://kagizaraya.booth.pm/items/1235510 https://kagizaraya.booth.pm/items/1235510