Ask HN: What Is the Ideal Keyboard / Layout for Programming

I standardized on US ANSI layout (straight Return, not the L-shaped). I'm from a country where the local language has accented chars and while it's nice to be able to chat with correct accents I find it better to be able to code without dead keys (~) and AltGr.

I also solved the lack of accented chars by just mapping RALT+ into it's accented version. Took me about a week to learn but now it comes naturally and I'll never go back to my local keyboard layout.

Of course trying to find a laptop locally with US ANSI layout is a pain...

Whatever keyboard is in front of you or most readily available...

Logitech K120 is ok as a dirt cheap option (you can get several, and not care if you spill a drink on them).

The standard US layout is of course ubiquitous, anything else is kind of annoying to program on, e.g. even UK keyboards have ", @, |, etc in the wrong place.