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The biggest disadvantage to switching to a split keyboard is seeing neat things like this come out, and then hearing my wrists say "it's too bad we're never let

The biggest disadvantage to switching to a split keyboard is seeing neat things like this come out, and then hearing my wrists say "it's too bad we're never letting you go back." I even have to travel with the damn thing now, if I'm planning on doing any serious coding...

whiskey14 4y ago
I feel your pain. I would pay a lot of money for a portable low profile split kb with good trackball. Maintaining my own is fun but a bit onerous
akpa1 4y ago
It's the same here. As much as I'd love to go and use a keyboard like the one shown here, my split ortholinear board has done my wrists and shoulders a world of good. It's so much more comfortable than using any other standard keyboard.
- therealdrag0 4y ago
  Which keyboard are you using?
  - crimsoneer 4y ago
    I use a moonlander and am never going back
    - therealdrag0 4y ago
      Back to what tho? That could change the meaning a lot :)
  - akpa1 4y ago
    I use a Let's Split kit that I assembled with Momoka Frog switches (linear, ~55g). https://imgur.com/a/dqjyB3O https://imgur.com/a/dqjyB3O
  - metabagel 4y ago
    Kinesis Freestyle Pro is a decent option, although not cheap. You can get tilt brackets for it, which relieve you from having to rotate your wrists quite as far.
soheil 4y ago
What if you learn to type 50% less? Incidentally you might discover that you're a better programmer as a result too. I have a simple rule I refuse to type any word longer than 3 characters. Copy and paste is your friend.
- teolandon 4y ago
  Did you copy and paste most of the words in this comment? Where from?
  - soheil 4y ago
    Sorry I meant while coding
rtlfe 4y ago
Same. I'd love to see somebody like OP riff on something the Atreus [1] to end up with something beautiful, practical, and ergonomic. [1] https://shop.keyboard.io/products/keyboardio-atreus https://shop.keyboard.io/products/keyboardio-atreus
therealdrag0 4y ago
Same. I was about to say there are so many projects like this maybe in the next decade or two the split community will grow and have more nice custom keyboards. But who am I kidding, I'm all in on the kinesis advantage. A couple years ago I gave the Ergodox EZ a good solid try, but it just didn't jive with me, so I think I'm stuck (in a good place).
fomine3 4y ago
I'll never buy non-split keyboard, but still fine to use it sometimes.

whiskey14 4y ago

I feel your pain. I would pay a lot of money for a portable low profile split kb with good trackball. Maintaining my own is fun but a bit onerous

akpa1 4y ago

It's the same here. As much as I'd love to go and use a keyboard like the one shown here, my split ortholinear board has done my wrists and shoulders a world of good. It's so much more comfortable than using any other standard keyboard.

therealdrag0 4y ago
Which keyboard are you using?
- crimsoneer 4y ago
  I use a moonlander and am never going back
  - therealdrag0 4y ago
    Back to what tho? That could change the meaning a lot :)
- akpa1 4y ago
  I use a Let's Split kit that I assembled with Momoka Frog switches (linear, ~55g). https://imgur.com/a/dqjyB3O https://imgur.com/a/dqjyB3O
- metabagel 4y ago
  Kinesis Freestyle Pro is a decent option, although not cheap. You can get tilt brackets for it, which relieve you from having to rotate your wrists quite as far.

soheil 4y ago

What if you learn to type 50% less? Incidentally you might discover that you're a better programmer as a result too. I have a simple rule I refuse to type any word longer than 3 characters. Copy and paste is your friend.

teolandon 4y ago
Did you copy and paste most of the words in this comment? Where from?
- soheil 4y ago
  Sorry I meant while coding

rtlfe 4y ago

Same. I'd love to see somebody like OP riff on something the Atreus [1] to end up with something beautiful, practical, and ergonomic. [1] https://shop.keyboard.io/products/keyboardio-atreus https://shop.keyboard.io/products/keyboardio-atreus

therealdrag0 4y ago

Same. I was about to say there are so many projects like this maybe in the next decade or two the split community will grow and have more nice custom keyboards. But who am I kidding, I'm all in on the kinesis advantage. A couple years ago I gave the Ergodox EZ a good solid try, but it just didn't jive with me, so I think I'm stuck (in a good place).

fomine3 4y ago

I'll never buy non-split keyboard, but still fine to use it sometimes.