[Xss3]

You have to be fluent on the keyboard, to type without thought or 'hunting and pecking' if you want your ideas to flow from brain to pc smoothly and uninterrupted.

Speed is part of fluency and almost a shortcut to explaining the goal in real terms. Nobody is hunting and pecking at 80wpm.

[bluefirebrand]

Maybe nobody is hunting and pecking at 80wpm but I am not exaggerating when I say one of the best devs I've worked with was a hunt+peck typist

The fact is that programming is not about typing lines of code into an editor

[Xss3]

I often out think my typing pace and have to cache ideas. The faster you can offload cache the less you end up having to manage. It's an effective way to rapidly reduce cognitive load and if it isn't in your toolbox then you're missing out on a valuable bit of kit.