@sysrq@kirby "if your tool is high quality and doesn't get in your way this is likely a sign that you are bad at your trade" has always seemed like such a weird take to me. why wouldn't I want better UX for something I do for hours on end? it's purely a matter of personal comfort at that point
that being said WTF is this about steno keyboards? that sounds like it would be unpleasant to use for anything other than stream of consciousness transcription. if nothing else how would you handle keyboard shortcuts and the like?
@roboneko@kirby@sysrq
I kind of want to agree with sysrq. Writing the code is the shortest* part of programming. You just write lots of code if you haven't designed your program yet (because code is a poor design document. It is like building a house, while figuring out, what the design is going to be like... which means lots of double and triple work).
@hazlin@kirby@sysrq so then I type any design documents out (keyboard), consult documentation, CS reference material, etc (browser -> tiling WM -> keyboard), debug when things break (keyboard), etc
> It is like building a house
so I says to the carpenter I says "that is one high quality saw you've got there. clearly you care about the tools you use, thus I can conclude that you are likely bad at your trade" :blobcatgoogly:
not to be confused with a person who knows little to nothing about carpentry opining about the poor quality of someone else's tools (naturally said someone else will have experienced no noteworthy issues with them)
... yet I just typed the above on the shitty integrated chiclet keyboard on a low-ish end laptop. make of that what you will :nepuwah:
Forgive my ignorance, but how would a steno keyboard output anything other than alphabetical characters? Where are the Mod or Function keys? Home key? Arrow keys? 10 key? Etc.
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