The short version
A keyboard layout that reduces finger travel while retaining QWERTY familiarity.
From the HackerLinks archive
Middlemak
A keyboard layout that reduces finger travel while retaining QWERTY familiarity.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-08-26
Last seen:2026-08-26
Times seen:1
Website:reddit.com
Why it caught our attention
A developer preferred it over Workman and Colemak for daily coding.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-08-26
“I tried a couple different layouts and landed on something called "middlemak"[1]. Of all the ones I tried, it really felt like the one with the least overall finger travel and awkward things to type in my day to day software development work”
tpmoney · comparison · first hand use
Direct HN comment
What's new in Emacs 31.1