Maybe you'll find my post https://arathunku.com/b/2023/moonlander-keyboard-layers-tour... helpful with oneshot modifiers across layers but also keeping Shift and Ctrl accessible. I really hated any timers / held vs tapped on home rows, it prevented me from fast typing and rollovers. Now I really only have space bar on hold/tap that's used in usual writing but it's on my right thumb and have never been a problem.
I'm currently working on a tool to help with code reviews queue - automatic reminders, single queue list from multiple teams and more. At the moment it works only for GitLab because that's what I needed for myself. If you had used https://pullpanda.com/ with GitHub, you will definitely know what's this about.
No production website yet, but I'm already using it daily. I need to deploy it to heroku and release a version that can be usable to others. If you'd like to try it out, please reach out to me here or on twitter @arathunku
I've been doing that for the last 2.5y - university(Soft. Eng.) + work. For the first 6 months I've been working 40-45h a week + 20h at uni and around 10h-20h (depending on the week) more to do assignments. I just needed to change how I do stuff for uni, instead of always listening on lectures(obligatory), I'd study something else. I've not skipped any classes.
It was very stressful and I'd not recommend that to anyone, after 6 months I've switched to 30h a week and it's very good right now. What came surprising for me it's that while it's 25% less, I didn't do much less than I had before.
type of work - Ruby and JavaScript coding in a software house, remotely, with very flexible hours.