+1 on UHK—also, get more than one if you like it and spend significant time in multiple locations (I have one for my home workstation and one for my office, though both are at home just now...).
Definitely try the ergodox as well, but I couldn’t get used to the ortho layout, when I have to switch back to a standard keyboard occasionally (using a laptop away from my station). UHK is standard size/layout of keys, so running AutoHotKey (for Windows; there’s an equivalent for OSX) lets me use the same layers on the standard keyboard as on my UHK. Built-in KB is still inferior in feel, and in lack of distance/angle between hands, but the muscle memory of mod-HJKL for arrows and nearby keys for other nav is retained.
+1 on UHK—also, get more than one if you like it and spend significant time in multiple locations (I have one for my home workstation and one for my office, though both are at home just now...).
Definitely try the ergodox as well, but I couldn’t get used to the ortho layout, when I have to switch back to a standard keyboard occasionally (using a laptop away from my station). UHK is standard size/layout of keys, so running AutoHotKey (for Windows; there’s an equivalent for OSX) lets me use the same layers on the standard keyboard as on my UHK. Built-in KB is still inferior in feel, and in lack of distance/angle between hands, but the muscle memory of mod-HJKL for arrows and nearby keys for other nav is retained.