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If you want my unsolicited 2 cents to help speed up (if you care!) 1. put your fingers on home row keys with pointer fingers feeling the bumps on F and J 2. D
by Exuma 3y ago
If you want my unsolicited 2 cents to help speed up (if you care!)
1. put your fingers on home row keys with pointer fingers feeling the bumps on F and J
2. DONT move your wrists all around, try to keep them still and let your fingers do all the work. try to keep your entire palms as still as possible, they really shouldnt move. I rest mine on my laptop surface.
3. dont look at the keys. use https://www.typing.com https://www.typing.com to help you if you cant do that
4. relax your hands as much as possible
Typing.com is better IMO if you don't know how to type fast, and monkeytype.com is way more fun when you do (the interface is just way more fun)
- penteract 3y agoThanks for the advice - I do 1 & 3 and I think I do 2 & 4 although that's less true when writing things with symbols (such as code), or when navigating text (I don't use vim). According to monkeytype.com, my typing speed is ~40wpm, which is apparently around average (not average for monkeytype users). Thinking time definitely dominates, I'm hesitant to write something unless I'm confident in it, which I feel serves me well when writing code, but less well in other contexts (except perhaps HN, which has an unusually high fondness for accurate rebuttals of minor technical points). I spent ~20 minutes writing each of my 3 replies to you (longer on this one now that I've finished it). Perhaps being able to type at the speed I could talk would deny me the chance to think about it while waiting to finish typing, speeding me up indirectly.
- Exuma 3y agoYou definitely hit the nail on something you said, which is when I'm forced to type on my phone, my replies are always MUCH more succinct, clear, as I can only type like 30 WPM probably on my phone.