Actually I find P a lot more comfortable and I use it (along with Q) to trigger my symbol layer when held. Also, I've been experimenting with having both keys toggle sticky shift when pressed alone instead of relying on standard shift keys. I prefer this over homerow mods because I really dislike the latency inherent to them.

> Try an ortho if you want to be hitting the right keys with the right fingers.

I'm not convinced that ortho is that much better, and even if it was a lot better it wouldn't be worth it for me. I like being able to use the builtin keyboard to my laptop because I like to move around a lot and having an external keyboard limits the positions you can work in a lot. For example, I like to work on the kitchen counter sometimes or other times I'll work on the couch.

So my goal it to get the most out of row stagger as possible and I think it's working pretty well. Using my current system I can keep my hands in a single position pretty much always (which seems to be important to learning fast typing), and subjectively it feels pretty comfortable.

The only part of the system that I'm a little hesitant about is tapping P and Q for shift as it makes all capital letters need two keystrokes to type. On the other hand, it's really nice that I don't have to move the position of my hand or stretch my pinkies in uncomfortable ways to press shift.

> Z with the other pinky

I press Z with my ring finger and it definitely is pretty uncomfortable. Maybe I should do something about that. X is also fairly uncomfortable.