Show HN: US keyboards don't have enough keys, so I switched to Japanese

Category: devtools

Tags: keyboard-layout, macos, productivity, karabiner, accessibility

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 5)

HyperJIS is a sophisticated Karabiner-Elements configuration that repurposes the extra keys on Apple's JIS keyboard layout to create a US-compatible layout with a Hyper key, Vim navigation, window tiling shortcuts, and modular accent support for European languages. It's interesting because it creatively leverages underutilized hardware (Japanese keyboard) to solve key-binding scarcity, offering a polished, muscle-memory-driven solution for power users on macOS.

Target audience: backend devs, devops

Repository: https://simone.org/hyperjis/ · 2 stars

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