Talon: https://talonvoice.com/
^ the voice coding (and eye tracking) system referenced by the author. I use it every day. It's actively developed, has some unique capabilities, and the community is great!
What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type?
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Re: What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type?
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I have an ergonomic support for my right arm. My elbow rests on a silk fabric "hammock", which is supported by a linear bearing slide, mounted on a vertical shaft. I bought it too many years ago to remember a brand. And hopefully the description makes sense. Basically, my right arm feels ~weightless. Edit: Also, I use a touchpad, not a mouse. If I use a mouse, my hand cramps. And it also helps, I think, that I never…
Please post a picture of your hammock setup, it sounds very interesting!
OK, found it.
It's a BodyBilt chair, with their Linear Tracking Arm.[0]
The chair has a moderate tractor seat, which forces you to sit properly, and not slouch. But that also means that you can't really relax in the chair, because it hurts in the crotch. There's also an inflatable lumbar support.
I used an Aeron for many years. It's much cooler looking, but the BodyBilt is more comfortable for long term use.
0) https://www.backbenimble.com/bodybilt/closeups/closeup_all_a...
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#363I developed an RSI a few years ago, and I had to leave my job. It was devastating to lose both my career and my passion to an injury. Since then, I've been working with a friend on a new voice coding app called Serenade [1] that aims to enable anyone to program by voice. With Serenade, you can speak natural English voice commands like "delete second function" and "add class person". Not only can this be faster than t…
Reading the docs it struck me that your not far off from a vim or emacs like abstraction around text processing. Hopefully you are building this so it's easy to add commands in other languages and not a ton of specialized code. thinking something like command + regex matcher... Or really if you can integrating with the language server spec you'd have a quite powerful system if you just have users learn the ast parts of that spec as commands.
Didn't get to play with it as my computer died again right after I installed it. Not your fault, main ssd desoldered and cracked connector a week back while I'm in a month long road trip. I've been hobbling along on live USB distros (surprisingly fast) until last night when the boot USB torched.
I have rsi flare-ups that cause my fingertips and blades of hands to go somewhat numb or hurt. Usually goes away when I use my good ergo setup (appeared when I played about 40 hours of pubg over a weekend) and get some exercise around my hands / forearms.
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#364Earlier quoted context omitted.
Definitely interested. I’ll check it out. Same boat, software engineer, my index and middle finger main knuckles on both hands inflame from the slightest use even after years of therapy, doctors visits, etc. Also tendinitis in both elbows/arms. Note to those who are pushing off fixing your ergonomics, don’t. If you feel pain, numbing, tingling; do not ignore it. Listen to your body, don’t be like me.
I'm 23 and have been using computers very heavily for the last 10 or so years - probably an average of 6 hours a day. During a particularly intensive day of typing last week I started getting pain in my right hand. I had to resort to hunt-and-peck index finger typing to get the feature I was working on finished. I'm horrified, it feels like I'm way too early in my career for something like this to happen, but I guess…
when i stopped studying and started working full time, i began to get pain in my wrists. so i got an ergonomic keyboard and a large trackball. i'm fairly sure it's replacing the mouse with a trackball that makes the most difference to the acute pain, but they both do make a difference. but everyone is different. act fast and change everythin,
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#365Earlier quoted context omitted.
It does, but it's also not very programmable or backed by a open source firmware. Give JWZs review on it a read :)
The UHK firmware is open source. I should also mention that the configurator of the UHK is more advanced and polished than any alternatives. JWZs review is completely unjust as he hates 60% keyboards. Read my comment in his post.
I did, My main Issue with the UHK is it doesn't go hard enough. I looks like a half-baked attempt the make a ergonomic board similar to Alice and the Mistel Barraco just with some extra doodads.
Cool that it's open-source. Why not leverage QMK and Via for a graphical configurator?
Edit: Not trying to shit on the UHK, but it seems like a _decent_ keyboard. My fault with it is that it's much too conventional and thus ends up falling into the trap that many boards already to (pinky overuse, wrist angling, gimmicks over form). It's great that you managed to create a product and bring it to market. But it doesn't really bring anything new to the table or deserve the name 'Ultimate Hacking Keyboard'.
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#366Only for Mac...
Linux support appears to be in beta. Windows is on the roadmap and being worked on AFAIK.
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#367Earlier quoted context omitted.
> the best way to get a doctor to listen to you is to listen to (and follow) their advice first. No. Because sometimes their advice is "nothing can be done, you'll need to manage." Or - "Wait for a few more weeks and if it doesn't go away, we'll rethink things".
>"Wait for a few more weeks and if it doesn't go away, we'll rethink things" To be fair, this is often excellent advice.
Not unless you're totally clueless about your own body and about medicine.
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#368Earlier quoted context omitted.
The UHK firmware is open source. I should also mention that the configurator of the UHK is more advanced and polished than any alternatives. JWZs review is completely unjust as he hates 60% keyboards. Read my comment in his post.
I did, My main Issue with the UHK is it doesn't go hard enough. I looks like a half-baked attempt the make a ergonomic board similar to Alice and the Mistel Barraco just with some extra doodads. Cool that it's open-source. Why not leverage QMK and Via for a graphical configurator? Edit: Not trying to shit on the UHK, but it seems like a _decent_ keyboard. My fault with it is that it's much too conventional and thus e…
The modules are a game changer of actual usability value which haven't been implemented by any keyboards yet. Ignoring their value and calling them doodads is unfair.
None of the open source firmwares support the modular architecture of the UHK or allow for the easy update of the configuration without using full-blown compilers so they are not suitable for us.
We'll release further UHKs of additional layouts, columnar included.
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#369Earlier quoted context omitted.
Definitely interested. I’ll check it out. Same boat, software engineer, my index and middle finger main knuckles on both hands inflame from the slightest use even after years of therapy, doctors visits, etc. Also tendinitis in both elbows/arms. Note to those who are pushing off fixing your ergonomics, don’t. If you feel pain, numbing, tingling; do not ignore it. Listen to your body, don’t be like me.
I'm 23 and have been using computers very heavily for the last 10 or so years - probably an average of 6 hours a day. During a particularly intensive day of typing last week I started getting pain in my right hand. I had to resort to hunt-and-peck index finger typing to get the feature I was working on finished. I'm horrified, it feels like I'm way too early in my career for something like this to happen, but I guess…
I've noticed that wearing long sleeves when I'm typing helps.
I had RSI and panicked as well. But now that I wear long sleeves while programming (even a heavy sweater sometimes, even though it might be hot outside).
Basically I need to keep everything warm.
Of course, you still need to take regular breaks.
But that let's me go longer with minimal pain.
Re: What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type?
#370Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm 23 and have been using computers very heavily for the last 10 or so years - probably an average of 6 hours a day. During a particularly intensive day of typing last week I started getting pain in my right hand. I had to resort to hunt-and-peck index finger typing to get the feature I was working on finished. I'm horrified, it feels like I'm way too early in my career for something like this to happen, but I guess…
Wearing long sleeves while typing, regardless of the weather outside, completely solved my wrist pain problems. I first tried it after reading this post: https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/11/18/rsi-solution/
Yes! Me too!
I've noticed that wearing long sleeves when I'm typing helps.
I had RSI and panicked as well. But now that I wear long sleeves while programming (even a heavy sweater sometimes, even though it might be hot outside).
Basically I need to keep everything warm.
Of course, you still need to take regular breaks.
But that let's me go longer with minimal pain.