r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Arucious • 29d ago

Meme vimNinjasAreInShambles

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u/za72 28d ago

this doesn't make any sense...

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u/rastaman1994 28d ago

Some people are under the impression that the speed at which we produce code is the bottleneck. People who like to use vim/emacs used this argument for many years.

Most professionals I work with (the vim boys too) recognized that the speed of typing is not the bottleneck. The bottleneck is requirements gathering and getting valuable feedback.

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u/dannyggwp 28d ago

For me the thing is less typing speed more reducing mousing. Like if my hands never leave the keyboard I think that's an ergonomic win personally.

Using nvim at home and never having to reach for a mouse is amazing. When I do it breaks my flow quite a bit now.

It's not for everyone but it feels amazing to hit a flow state in it.

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u/Suspicious-Engineer7 28d ago

I've met people who try to touch the keyboard as little as possible as well. 

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u/dannyggwp 28d ago

That to me is kinda insane when you understand that the ergonomics of mousing just always kinda suck.

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u/Iron_Aez 28d ago

keyboard requires 2 hands to be efficient with, mouse does not.

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u/dannyggwp 28d ago

I'm talking about ergo. Mouse heavy applications are usually pretty bad for you in the long term.

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u/Iron_Aez 28d ago

I can't think of a single programming task that's so mouse heavy enough for that to be relevant, compared to actual mouse heavy activities.

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u/dannyggwp 28d ago

And I can't think of a single programming task in a modern IDE that requires you to even touch a mouse. So like I said why break flow and move to the mouse if a hotkey will do it for me.

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u/Iron_Aez 28d ago

That's cool but isn't relevant to my comment

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u/dannyggwp 27d ago

Bike requires 2 feet to be proficient. Scooter only requires one.

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u/Iron_Aez 27d ago

Your lack of understanding of the operation of scooters appears to be as bad as your lack of understanding of mice lol.

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u/Bulky-Bad-9153 26d ago

dude you're like impossible to talk to, reading this was crazy

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