Resetting the backspace key

I'm currently developing an ncurses application, and my terminal often ends up in a quite weird state. Usually, the backspace key does not work:

The `reset` command does help a lot, but not in this case. The solution is this

Instead of typing `^?`, I hit the backspace key. I also created an alias:

(Again, instead of typing `^?`, i hit the backspace key.)

ncurses, here I come!