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The only thing that was effective for my RSI — and was really effective — is an app that forces me to stop typing for 15 seconds every 4 minutes. Super irritati
by petesergeant 2y ago
The only thing that was effective for my RSI — and was really effective — is an app that forces me to stop typing for 15 seconds every 4 minutes. Super irritating but it works. AntiRSI on a Mac, Workrave on Windows and Linux, are examples of ones I’ve used. Been doing this for 20-odd years at this point.
- JSR_FDED 2y agoSwitching to Vim cured my RSI completely. I was thinking that coding might no longer be my occupation, but thanks to Vim I’m still working 10+ years later!
- petesergeant 2y agointerestingly I was all-in on Vim when it was at its worst!
- REDS1736 2y agoMaybe your keyboard was a contributing factor? I had wrist pain typing in vim on a "regular" (Keychron C1) Keyboard. The wrist pain is gone since i use a split keyboard (Ergodox EZ) which allows me to rotate both halves of the keyboard in order to match the "incoming angle" of my forearm which removes the need to constantly bend my wrists outwards.
- petesergeant 2y agoIt was indeed, and I went through an incredible range of bizarre alternative keyboards (vertical keyboards, DataHands, etc), but the simple fix ended up being the timer apps mentioned, along with a very standard MS ergonomic keyboard.
- Lio 2y agoI switched to Colemak keyboard layout for RSI reasons. I don’t think I got any faster at typing but my wrist pain went away and hasn’t really come back in the 16 years since.