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by ZeroGravitas 1389 days ago
This is roughly what I do too. I've found it pretty good.

Minor differences:

I use Dvorak as the base setup.

I use the same system on Mac laptops, so the two inner thumb keys are both 'space' because when on the laptop rather than a split keyboard I use the spacebar to toggle into the num/symbol layer if held.

Command keys on Mac laptop (either side of the spacebar) are set to backspace and enter if used individually.

I didn't got full home row mods. I use two keys at once for ctrl (sd or kl on a qwerty layout), and two keys at once for shift (cv or m, on querty).

A few other double key shortcuts e.g. xc as ":" for vim stuff, and cv in querty (jk in dvorak) as escape.

I have a 36 key keyboard but I guess due to the double space it's a 35 key layout. Don't use the other button (option) for much, just arrow keys with vim hjkl so could possibly live without it as a 33 key layout.

edit: also seems to be a dupe submission of this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32648245