> I had previously set up my gpg key on a Yubikey and even used that gpg key to handle ssh authentication. Then at some point it just stopped working, maybe the hardware on my key broke

Did you try to SSH in verbose mode to ascertain any errors? Why did you assume the hardware "broke" without anyone objective qualifications of an actual failure condition?

> I figured storing an SSH key in 1Password and using the integrated SSH socket server with my ssh client and git was pretty nice and secure enough

How is trusting a closed-source, for-profit, subscription-based application with your SSH credential "secure enough"?

Choosing convenience over security is certainly not unreasonable, but claiming both are achieved without any compromise borders on ludicrous.