Ball Typewrite

Programming and the typist

I’m a programmer.

I write code. I edit code. I look at code. I like code.

I have discovered a fatal flaw that I am working at remediating.

I am a really BAD typist.

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Now, don’t get me wrong. I am actually a great typist. Not that I am super speedy with the key tapping – but I do have good accuracy and very few errors per line.

The problem is – I depend on my editor (in most cases NotePad++) and some other IDEs for their red-lining of my mistakes. Everyone does! That’s why we use tools like those. They help us be accurate and efficient thereby increasing effectiveness of effort!

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