After 25 years of Dvorak, fast typing finally pays off for coding — thanks to AI
Scobleizer · x · 2026-11-11
An engineer who switched to the Dvorak layout 25 years ago mid-project notes that fast typing never really helped his coding — code wasn't natural language, so speed only mattered for comments. With AI coding, writing code has become natural-language conversation, and typing speed is suddenly a critical enabler for programming in 2026.
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