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Re:Ask HN: Software engineer with broken arm, any tips? by debrisontrack on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @12:49PM (#50456226)
Don't break your other arm too. Just kidding, sorry for your injury and get well soon.

As for a real tip, since you mentioned software engineer specifically, I think you are using the keyboard a lot, so you obviously must've looked into voice/speech to text related stuff, but for the mouse usage, I can recommend those small form factor wireless/bluetooth keyboards with the touchpad portion in the top center, those are fairly easy to use even with the non dominant hand (or even with the fingertips if you can move those). I won't link here directly, but they look like small game controllers and are relatively cheap.

Re:Ask HN: Software engineer with broken arm, any tips? by catchnear4321 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @12:50PM (#50456238)
Speech to text has come a long ways. Personally dislike it, but even then, have found myself using it on occasion.

If you’re using an LLM as part of this, it was already faster at typing, so lean into that.