> Craftsman has to care for their tools. I agree.
Except for the part that programmers spend far more time reading than writing.
An ajustable monitor and a good chair payoff way more than an expensive keyboard.
I still don't get the keyboard hype.
Except for the part that programmers spend far more time reading than writing.
An ajustable monitor and a good chair payoff way more than an expensive keyboard.
I still don't get the keyboard hype.
When I read code, it's not a passive activity. I'm navigating and searching. Sometimes I bring up external documentation. In short, I'm interacting with my computer. For me, reading code requires typing.
Reading is passive, whether you like it or not.
> I'm navigating and searching. Sometimes I bring up external documentation.
If you spend as much time navigating as reading or analysing you have an organization problem.
> In short, I'm interacting with my computer. For me, reading code requires typing.
I can concede that when debugging one must press keys to make the ide progress through code however I find spending $100 to comfortably press a key every few seconds wasteful.
Managers, on the other hand, might benefit of good keyboards if they spend most of their time writing emails back to back.
It was probably typing furiously. Maybe not a constant dictation stream 150+WPM, but it was surges of input in response to a creative flow in your mind.
Buying stuff for a one off ocasion when it might become handy, isn't my philosophy.