I am referring to touch typing, it is a bit painful to Ctrl + ~, is there a better way to do that?

We can press it with bottom start of the pinky finger.

Practice this key hand positioning, it will payoff in the long run.

Ctrl + Shift + ~ for opening terminal

Make a karate movement!

Ctrl for control key combinations

We can press it with bottom start of the pinky finger.

📝 The second trick I have learned sometime from some reddit post

Happy coding!