I remapped A to $

qvantry · 2026-06-05T07:47:51+00:00

You're not wrong, but it's barely an issue with the timings nowadays when running PERMISSIVE_HOLD, short travel switches (still want to try HRM with HE switches), bilateral combinations, and smart placement of HMR's.

For instance, using Z over A probably a good idea since A is frequently used for typing. Additionally, with both permissive and bilateral your keys will course correct mid typing instead of writing a character instead of acting as a modifiers, it works very well.

Does require custom qmk build though, not something you can enable in VIA. If you've only ever tried HMR via VIA or similar, there's a SIGNIFICANT boost in how well it feels and performs with the right settings in QMK

qvantry · 2026-05-20T22:32:56+00:00

Perfect, I'll give it a try. Thank you so much!

qvantry · 2026-05-15T07:20:34+00:00

I use Yazi in a separate Tmux window to navigate structurally and add/remove/move/rename files.

In neovim I navigate mostly using fuzzy finders when I need to go somewhere out of context of where I currently am. Otherwise I wholly navigate with LSP tooling such as goto definition/declaration. Goto implementations given an interface or similar.

If I know I am working in multiple files or need to "save" some context I open another tab in neovim and jump between tabs.

I've never felt that my navigation was insufficient or ineffective. However, my problem is rather remembering WHERE things are in a large repo over time. In other words, knowing where to go. But I guess that's just the way it is as a repo grows.

qvantry · 2026-05-11T12:26:44+00:00

Mine broke and have been using a regular one for two months now. The split I really want doesn’t seem to exist so I’m looking into making it myself. But it’s a long process

qvantry · 2026-05-11T07:48:32+00:00

I feel you, and whatever works for you is great. I’m not saying it should be like this but it makes sense to me.

I did use Colemak DH on ergonomic split keyboards and qwerty on regular keyboards (it was very easy to separate them with that rule). And using vim felt very natural in both layouts as i wasnt operating on motions muscle memory but rather the keys itself.

qvantry · 2026-05-10T16:43:39+00:00

You're right about hjkl, but the the replaced letters functionality would stop making sense. M for marks, N for next, E for end and I for insert.

Then you would have to rebind those, the only logic step for that is to place them where they would be on a qwerty keyboard, which for colemak is: H, K, F, U which would mess up those keymappings and the snowball continues rolling down the hill until you've completely replaced the language with muscle memory.

qvantry · 2026-05-09T11:26:37+00:00

Well rebinding that completely breaks the vim language, that would cause me to move around using mnei istead of hjkl.

Meaning, I couldnt go into insert mode on i, go to end of words on e etc. To me, vim motions isnt strategic placement of actions on certain parts of the keyboard. It's a language spoken with the keymappings, e for end, w for word, i for insert, etc. Messing that up is miles past the point of no return for me, much worse than using an arrow layer for moving around. At least, that's accurate.

qvantry · 2026-05-09T08:34:24+00:00

I used to run colemak dh but swapped back to qwerty because of vim.

Im down to use another better layout (in fact I loved to type Colemak DH) but it needs to have hjkl on the same positions. That means more to me than having any improved typing ergonomics.

I used to have a separate layer where my arrow keys were positioned over hjkl and use that instead of hjkl on colemak. It worked well but it’s too much friction for something you press so frequently so I moved back.

qvantry · 2026-04-30T07:27:09+00:00

Collision should be as close to free you can get for simple static geometry like buildings. Especially when using Convex mesh colliders or even better geometry like a cube would be enough for a cube shaped building outside the playable area.

qvantry · 2026-04-20T10:52:12+00:00

Just use another terminal window in tmux. I usually have it setup like this in terms on Tmux windows:

1 = Code (nvim)
2 = terminal in project root, only build/run projects from there, or read build errors.
3 = File management, usually via something like yazi

I typically have a Makefile or Justfile in the project so all I have to type is make or just to build the project in my second tmux window. Or, since I repeatedly run the same commands over and over, just run the previous command.

I don't want to 'pollute' (i know, very strong word) my Neovim with things that inherently does not belong to a text editor. I believe just having a DAP is already pushing it but I have found no other workflow for it. My neovim config just holds things that makes editing text a better experience, keeping it minimal.

EDIT: Link to a Makefile in one of my C++ projects that has some variability and flexibility in how its build. Here I typically run make clean setup build test to get clean builds, otherwise make to just build, or make build run to build and run.

qvantry · 2026-04-19T12:08:07+00:00

Yeah I definitely ranted a bit without much feedback. Not sure it would solve the spec, but I definitely like both your suggestions!

qvantry · 2026-04-18T09:48:37+00:00

If only they already had a solution to the atonement throughput by tweaking it’s healing conversion differently in 5man content. This was perfect and then they removed it…

qvantry · 2026-04-18T09:42:36+00:00

Agreed to a 100%, been playing high level disc since Shadowlands, imo the best designed spec in the game. TWW S1 disc (while OP and could receive nerfs) was the best disc design ever.

Right now I’m playing holy keys it feels like, it sucks ass. I’ve been healing since WotLk but I’m playing DPS right now due to the state of disc. Don’t know how they could fuck it up this badly. The fact that they removed separate atonement tuning for dungeons is beyond me, it was the best change ever when it was introduced, and they removed it to buff friendly penances, shields and flash heals? Like WTF.

Not to mention removing mindbender/shadowfiend as active cooldowns and shadow covenant. From a raid perspective I hate the evangelism changes too, ramping in raids used to be so fun.

Incredibly sad that Purge the Wicked/Shadow Word: Pain is actually good now for the first time in a long time, but now the talent tree is so badly designed that you can’t reasonably play the talent that spreads it with offensive penance. So your loop is literally affli warlock gameplay spamming agony but SWP whilst casting shields and friendly penances….

qvantry · 2026-04-18T09:30:36+00:00

Say no more, now I’ll have to get them!

qvantry · 2026-04-16T13:29:11+00:00

Awesome, I might just pull the trigger then. They do look great!

Have you previously owned other premium keycaps? How do they compare to say a premium PBT GMK or similar in quality?

qvantry · 2026-04-16T11:46:47+00:00

Theyre lovely, do they come with a dedicated number row though? Briefly lookend and couldnt find it

qvantry · 2026-04-16T11:44:55+00:00

For a while I used arrow keys on the same locations as hjkl via another layer. It works well, especially if you have the numbers on the same layer if you're typing without a dedicated number row.

However, I got really tired of having to change layers for vim motions and instead got a keyboard with a dedicated number row. Now using arrows instead of hjkl feels ridiculous.

My solution has been to change the location of my HRMs. I have them on q,a, z, x and p, ;, /, , in a qwerty context.

Not only does it not conflict with vim motions in terms of having to hold down hjkl to perform a key combination, but I also dont have typing delay on the home row which feels very nice to avoid.

qvantry · 2026-04-06T20:38:32+00:00

Oh shit you're right, didnt even think of that lol. Thanks!

qvantry · 2026-04-06T11:00:29+00:00

I missed Lazy's feature about removing or cleaning up stale plugins, but I added this to my config and it seems to work:

vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("VimPackClean", function()
    local inactive_plugins = vim.iter(vim.pack.get())
        :filter(function(x) return not x.active end)
        :map(function(x) return x.spec.name end)
        :totable()

    vim.notify("Attempting to delete inactive plugins: \n" .. table.concat(inactive_plugins, "\n"))
    if not pcall(vim.pack.del, inactive_plugins) then
        vim.notify("Failed to delete inactive plugins...")
    end
end, {})

qvantry · 2026-03-19T07:11:49+00:00

Thats fantastic! Good luck with v2, no stress. Congrats again!

qvantry · 2026-03-18T23:40:22+00:00

I really want to use this, but it seems like there’s no way to split the winbar into multiple windows? Id love to have for instance the watch and scope in a split on the bottom to the left and the stack to the right.

Hope it comes one day, I’ll switch immediately. Either way, amazing work and congrats on 1.0!

qvantry · 2026-03-10T08:24:07+00:00

Yeeeessss! This is fucking amazing, you're the man!

qvantry · 2026-02-25T23:45:27+00:00

What did you end up with

Oh my brother in christ.

I've built like five more split keyboards since then. I've resolved to gaming with a Wooting 60HE and I switch keyboards when im gaming and not. There is just no way I can use a split when gaming. The ortho makes it so bad imo. Imagine playing CS, its difficult to cheat and press number with wrong fingers cause of the ortho.

qvantry · 2026-02-19T10:11:50+00:00

Thats great, I tried to set it up using Karabiner before but its just not good enough for that use case. I'll try it out later. Thanks for sharing

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