I went 100% -> tkl -> 60% -> corne (couldn’t do it) -> lilly58 -> kenisis -> dactyl

If you can solder then kits aren’t expensive vs pre built. Go for hot swap and you can start out with cheaper switches and experiment from there. And if you can’t solder then it’s actually good way to learn 🤣

A true inspiration to us all

Bro literally giving 110% 💪👊

Don’t compare yourself to the rest of the comments. If your setup works for you then it’s a good setup.

If you’re interested in becoming more keyboard driven, start with learning vscode/db gui shortcuts for things that you do a lot: executing queries, jump to definition, or renaming variables, etc.

We’re all on our own journey as cringe as it may sound. Mine was due to wrist, thumb, and shoulder pain rather than being super productive.

I use a dactyl but did use a 60% for a while. Vim key binds in your ide are the way forward.

Using a keyboard like that made me eventually switch over to neovim full time from vscode.

This. The arch wiki is a treasure trove of information. The more you do, the more you’ll learn.

Also, don’t blindly copy paste configs for editors or window managers. Just slowly build them up based on your own use. It’ll be painful initially but worthwhile in the long run

And I thought I was doing well on that front…

Did it about 10 years ago. Didn’t really understand half of what I was doing at the time but it was a fun way to spend a weekend 😁

I use the steam deck as my main computer running the stock steam os.

I’m currently using distro box to set up different programming environments. This is possible on steamos, which has the system directories as read only, by installing podman into the home directory. Distro box have a guide for steamos setup.

I run neovim but I would think you could run vs code if you use it. Haven’t tried running a web server on it yet, but again, should be possible. Or, you can get yourself a cheap vps from digital ocean or linode if you really want to learn Linux the hard way!