Thanks for sharing your journey so far.
It was a good refresher on QMK (nice intro if someone had never heard of it) and I enjoyed your cap locks hack.
How’s your Model 100 in comparison?
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The Model 100 is my next installment. Spoiler alert: I didn't like it.
The biggest problem with getting the second part out is that I'll have to clean my desk to get a good picture of the keyboard. Ugh.
Neat! The blog was interesting.
I've been considering adventuring into ergo-mech keyboards, but my hesitation is that I use the number pad a lot in my work. I also make use of the special character mapping codes, like "alt + 0176" for the degree symbol, that only seem to work with the number pad.
Given your write-up, it looks like I would need to map a layer to match my needs in this area. Would you agree?
If you're typing in alt codes, it sounds like you would definitely benefit from a keyboard where you could program those to keys, whether or not it was ergonomic. I wrote about customizing qmk with programming to meet my needs, but I'm a programmer-- there are also GUI configuration tools that might suit you better. Most (all?) qmk keyboards can be configured with a GUI tool called VIA.
Thanks for the feedback, I greatly appreciate the lead on that GUI software!