I have stuck with QWERTY so far, mainly because I type on other peoples machines a lot and I do not want to relearn shortcuts on the fly. What changed things for me was not the letters at all, it was the Fn layer on my 65 percent. I put arrows on WASD like Karura described, and that alone made long editing sessions feel easier than any layout swap I tried. Colemak still tempts me now and then, especially after reading about the pinky relief here, but I keep coming back to the idea that the physical setup matters more for me than the letter order.

For me it is GMK Mizu, and I am glad to see other people here asking for an R2 as well. I missed the first run because I was still on a stock board back then, and the blue on that set has stuck in my head ever since. GMK Darling is my other one. I like the dark base with those pink accents, it would look right at home next to the black case I already have.

Glad this one is moving again after all that time. The purple and katakana combo is what caught my eye first, it looks a lot bolder in the Rikia renders than I expected. I do touch type without looking much, so the katakana-only base is the one thing holding me back a bit. A Latin alphas kit down the line would probably sell me on it. My current board is a plain black 65 percent, so this would be a big change for me.