ErgoDox EZ Code Friendly Qwerty Layout

This layout aims to balance muscle memory from a typical QWERTY layout with having keys used for software development easily accessible.
Arrow keys follow VIM convention (the media layer even uses arrow keys for HJKL).
On the top row only symbols are used (not numbers), it's expected the symbol layer's number-pad layout will be used for numbers.
Symbols match regular QWERTY. except for '()' which are grouped with other brackets. In their place -/= keys are placed, which almost matches a regular layout.
Brackets are placed symmetrically along the center edges, if using keys from both sides is inconvenient - the symbol layer has macros at the same key locations to type matching pairs.
The extra space-bar on the lower-left looks like it's in an obscure location, however using the larger thumb cluster ended up being more of a reach while typing.
L3 is currently only used if CFQ_USE_EXPEREMENTAL_LAYER is defined, this is a layer to place extra functionality and test new keys.

Configuration

Some optional behavior is configurable without editing the code using CFQ_ prefixed defines which can be set by passing EXTRAFLAGS to make.

CFQ_USER_KEY1, CFQ_USER_KEY2 are used for custom-keys if not set they default to F13, F14.
CFQ_USE_MOMENTARY_LAYER_KEYS is used to prevent layer keys from toggling when tapped.
CFQ_USE_EXPEREMENTAL_LAYER defines an extra layer for misc extra keys/macros. Currently it's mostly empty.
CFQ_USE_SWAP_RIGHT_SPACE_ENTER swap Enter and Space on the right hand thumb cluster. While asymmetric, it makes Enter more easily accessible.

Keymap 0: Basic layer

,--------------------------------------------------.           ,--------------------------------------------------.
| Grave  |   !  |   @  |   #  |   $  |   %  |   {  |           |  }   |   ^  |   &  |   *  |   -  |   =  | BSpace |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------|           |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| Tab    |   Q  |   W  |   E  |   R  |   T  |   (  |           |  )   |   Y  |   U  |   I  |   O  |   P  |   \    |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| Esc    |   A  |   S  |   D  |   F  |   G  |------|           |------|   H  |   J  |   K  |   L  |   ;  |   '    |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|   [  |           |  ]   |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
| LShift |   Z  |   X  |   C  |   V  |   B  |      |           |      |   N  |   M  |   ,  |   .  |   /  | RShift |
`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------'           `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
  | LCtl |Super | Alt  | Ins  |Space |                                       | Left | Down | Up   |Right | Del  |
  `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
                                       ,-------------.       ,-------------.
                                       | USR2 | ~L3  |       | Home | End  |
                                ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
                                |      |      | ~L2  |       | PgUp |      |      |
                                |Space | USR1 |------|       |------|Enter |Space |
                                |      |      | ~L1  |       | PgDn |      |      |
                                `--------------------'       `--------------------'

Keymap 1: Symbol layer

Note the double bracket keys on this layer press left to position the cursor between them.

,--------------------------------------------------.           ,--------------------------------------------------.
|        |  F1  |  F2  |  F3  |  F4  |  F5  |  {}  |           |  }{  |  F6  |  F7  |  F8  |  F9  |  F10 |        |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------|           |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        |      |      |      |      |  =>  |  ()  |           |  )(  |  <=  |   7  |   8  |   9  |   \  |   F11  |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        |      |      |      |      |  ->  |------|           |------|  <-  |   4  |   5  |   6  |   *  |   F12  |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|  []  |           |  ][  |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        |      |      |      |      |  <>  |      |           |      |  ><  |   1  |   2  |   3  |   -  |        |
`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------'           `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
  |      |      |      |      |      |                                       |   0  |      |   .  |   +  |      |
  `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
                                       ,-------------.       ,---------------.
                                       |      |      |       |      |        |
                                ,------|------|------|       |------+--------+------.
                                |      |      |      |       |      |        |      |
                                |      |      |------|       |------|        |      |
                                |      |      |      |       |      |        |      |
                                `--------------------'       `----------------------'

Keymap 2: Media and mouse keys

,--------------------------------------------------.           ,--------------------------------------------------.
|        |      |      |      |      |      |      |           |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |
|--------+------+------+------+------+-------------|           |------+------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        |      |      | MsUp |      |      |      |           |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        |      |MsLeft|MsDown|MsRght|      |------|           |------| Left | Down | Up   |Right |      |        |
|--------+------+------+------+------+------|      |           |      |------+------+------+------+------+--------|
|        |      | Rclk | Mclk | Lclk |      |      |           |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |
`--------+------+------+------+------+-------------'           `-------------+------+------+------+------+--------'
  |      |      |      |      |      |                                       |      |      |      |      |      |
  `----------------------------------'                                       `----------------------------------'
                                       ,-------------.       ,-------------.
                                       | MRwd | MFwd |       | MPrv | MNxt |
                                ,------|------|------|       |------+------+------.
                                |      |      |      |       |VolUp |      |      |
                                |      |      |------|       |------| Mute | Play |
                                |      |      |      |       |VolDn |      |      |
                                `--------------------'       `--------------------'

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ErgoDox EZ Code Friendly Qwerty Layout

Configuration

Keymap 0: Basic layer

Keymap 1: Symbol layer

Keymap 2: Media and mouse keys

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