Re:Typing Speed Test, but for Developers
by SoftTalker on Saturday July 18, 2026 @06:14PM
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I've tried this sort of thing but then your muscle memory works against you when you have to use a "normal" keyboard.
Even remapping Cap Lock to Control, which I do, trips me up for a few minutes when I need to work on any other computer that has not been set up that way.
Re:Typing Speed Test, but for Developers
by hronecviktor on Saturday July 18, 2026 @06:20PM
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Dont even have to remap anything to cause issues.
Case in point: we wanted to try mob programming with 2 colleagues.
I was using a 106 with US layout
Colleague #1 was using 60% with russian layout
Colleague #2 was on catalan layout
90% of the time we were just hunting for special chars
Re:Typing Speed Test, but for Developers
by mananaysiempre on Saturday July 18, 2026 @06:43PM
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For what it’s worth, a normal (100%) Russian PC keyboard set to a Latin layout turns into a bog-standard QWERTY, with the sole exception of an ISO-style Return (like a British keyboard) but a wide left Shift and two equivalent Alt keys (like a US one). The variation among various keyboards advertised as 60% is wide enough that the Russian part really shouldn’t matter as long as you can ignore the additional labels.
Dude, just use vim.
I literally use vim. But if I can customize something system-wise instead of app-wise I'd always do that.
; CapsLock + J/K -> ( )
CapsLock & j::SendText "("
CapsLock & k::SendText ")"
; CapsLock + U/I -> [ ]
CapsLock & u::SendText "["
CapsLock & i::SendText "]"
; CapsLock + L/: -> { }
CapsLock & l::SendText "{"
; SC027 = physical ;/: key on a US keyboard
CapsLock & SC027::SendText "}"
; CapsLock + O/P/M/E -> _ + - =
CapsLock & o::SendText "_"
CapsLock & p::SendText "+"
CapsLock & m::SendText "-"
CapsLock & e::SendText "="