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by lackoftactics 336 days ago
Stay tuned, a new study is coming with another revelation: you aren't getting faster by using Vim when you are learning it.

My previous employer didn't even allow me to use Vim until I learned it properly so it wouldn't affect my productivity. Why would using a cursor automatically make you better at something if it's just new to you and you are already an elite programmer according to this study?

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How did you measure this? Was the conslusion of your studies that typing/editing speed was the real bottlekneck for a SWE becoming 10x?