Using AI to design the best one-handed keyboard layout

...using monkeys and typewriters Notes - see pinned comment Full layout - https://pastebin.com/wMBMW3fD 00:00 - Preintro 00:15 - Intro 00:54 - General layout optimization 04:15 - One-handed typing intro 04:30 - Existing one-handed layouts 06:42 - Keyboard hardware 07:10 - Custom firmware 07:48 - Design feature 1 08:15 - Design feature 2 08:48 - Design feature 3 09:20 - Genetic algorithm 10:58 - My layout 11:30 - Fulfilling feature 1 13:10 - Fulfilling feature 3 13:52 - Fulfilling feature 2 15:00 - Repeated keys? 15:38 - One-handed typing tests 17:38 - Outro Full layout code: https://github.com/sandsq/qmk_nyquistpad_onehanded Algorithm: https://github.com/sandsq/AdvancedLayoutCalculator.jl Qwerty origins study: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/139379/1/42_161.pdf System 76 Launch: https://system76.com/accessories/launch xkcd mirrored qwerty: https://blog.xkcd.com/2007/08/14/mirrorboard-a-one-handed-keyboard-layout-for-the-lazy/ Matias half qwerty: http://half-qwerty.com/ Maltron single hand: http://www.maltron.com/store/p19/Maltron_Single_Hand_Keyboards_-_US_English.html keebio: https://keeb.io/ QMK layers: https://docs.qmk.fm/#/keymap?id=keymap-overview QMK docs: https://docs.qmk.fm/#/ QMK configurator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-imgglzDMdY Callum: https://github.com/callum-oakley/qmk_firmware/tree/master/users/callum Miryoku: https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku Adumb's keyboard optimization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOaPb9wrgDY&pp=ygUOYWR1bWIga2V5Ym9hcmQ%3D Common bigrams: https://www.petercollingridge.co.uk/blog/language/analysing-english/bigrams/ Some interesting layout discussion regarding layout optimization: https://mathematicalmulticore.wordpress.com/the-keyboard-layout-project/ Background on BEAKL: https://deskthority.net/wiki/BEAKL https://uppbeat.io/t/braden-deal/nimbus https://uppbeat.io/t/walz/ocean https://uppbeat.io/t/auv/greenpoint-avenue https://uppbeat.io/t/tala-sky/soft-mist-movement https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/the-clock-is-ticking https://uppbeat.io/t/iros-young/new-beginning https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/dreamstate