I’m pretty sure that I’m talking to a skewed audience here, but anyway:
Did you “formally” learn to type? As in, with software / a teacher or instructor?
If you can add a generation or general age indication in with your answer, that would be useful too.
Good morning, friends. 
25 July 2025
Charlie came in early this morning to badger me about breakfast—still fifteen minutes away. He kept nudging my keyboard with his nose, persistent and focused, while it rested on my lap. I told him to lie down, but had to repeat myself; he was determined to get me moving. When the clock finally ticked over to mealtime, I stood and announced, “Time to eat—go outside,” and he bolted to the door. I almost always let him out while I prepare his food. It’s just part of my morning rhythm at home.
When I’m working at my desk, I usually prop my legs on the corner and balance the keyboard in my lap. Maybe it’s not textbook posture for typing, but it feels natural to me.
"Typing Great Thoughts and Beautiful Sentences... like iridescent stones that dry into dull gray pebbles." – Michael Dirda
I use spellcheck but hate-hate-HATE #autocomplete & Siri.
They only remind me tech is 90% based on assuming we’re stupid and further dumbing us down, the word I want so often not there if not actively avoided.
Still, there are some annoying #typing tasks where autocomplete saves effort.
So here in two posts are my 'Text Replacement' entries in IOS Settings.
No alttext as this is (I think) a visual thing, but an example is: I type 'isnt' and Text Replace offers 'isn't'.
2/2
I use spellcheck but hate-hate-HATE #autocomplete & Siri.
They only remind me tech is 90% based on assuming we’re stupid and further dumbing us down, the word I want so often not there if not actively avoided.
Still, there are some annoying #typing tasks where autocomplete saves effort.
So here in two posts are my 'Text Replacement' entries in IOS Settings.
No alttext as this is (I think) a visual thing, but an example is: I type 'isnt' and Text Replace offers 'isn't'.
1/2
While typing a Bible chapter of a Native North American language for MissionAssist I calculated which keyboard key I use the most.
By far it is the Backspace key!!
It gets pride of honour in being able to help me type as good as I do.
Lifting to my pint of milk to the Backspace key. Long may you guide my typing!
#Keyboard #Typing #Backspace #MissionAssist
You Can 3D Print These Assistive Typing Tools - Typing can be difficult to learn at the best of times. Until you get the muscle me... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/22/you-can-3d-print-these-assistive-typing-tools/ #3dprinterhacks #3dprinting #typingaid #typing
Published devlog 6 for Typingvania before I break my data files apart and won't be able to compile anything for the next couple of weeks https://norikitech.com/posts/typingvania-devlog-6/
When typing, remember to arch your wrists as though there is a small dog sleeping in front of your keyboard.
I'll go ahead and say it. Predictive typing is as advanced as just throwing spaghetti at a wall and seeing what sticks.
The typo in "hour” is mine. The suggestion to complete the sentence with "horseshoe” is Microsoft Outlook’s.
Even worse, I have "Check spelling as you type” and “Check grammar as you type" both turned on.
Not too bad, if I say so myself!
https://typings.gg (works very well on slow computers)
cc: @amin
#Typing #TypingSpeed #LossyPNG
The #Python #typing spec and docs have now been given their own subdomain:
The old links will redirect, but please update your links to the canonical ones. Thanks to Sebastian Rittau for getting this done.
https://discuss.python.org/t/typing-documentation-now-at-typing-python-org/83212
I started to use #VIM within #IntelliJ a while ago - thanks to @daschners. Now my brain messes with me in other editors. I am not the only one with that problem, right? How do other VIM users handle typing in other editors like browsers or mail clients? #Editors #Typing #Programming
Tiny Typing Tutor Tuts At Your Incorrect Shift Usage - There are a wide range of typing tutors out there that will educate you in the glo... - https://hackaday.com/2025/02/13/tiny-typing-tutor-tuts-at-your-incorrect-shift-usage/ #softwarehacks #peripherals #typingtutor #keyboard #shiftkey #colemak #dvorak #qwerty #typing #shift
People ask why I use Neovim.
It's because of amazing plugins like this 
**typr**: Typing practice plugin for Neovim with dashboard.
Supports showing detailed stats & configuration!
GitHub: https://github.com/nvzone/typr
Remember the Human:
First advice for new consultants
Vous vous souvenez (enfin, surtout les personnes nées ya un bon moment) de l'epoque-ou-on -ecrivait-des-mails-sans-les-accents-cedilles-tremas-en-francais?
Il y a encore des langues qui doivent passer par des fonts spéciales qu'il faut installer pour pouvoir lire correctement et ne pas avoir des carrés ou des caractères au hasard.
Or, cela fait super longtemps que le problème n'est pas technique. Il n'est pas non plus linguistique évidemment...
Article en libre accès, en anglais 
Why is it so hard to type in Indigenous languages?
"The challenges to achieving universal encoding for historically-marginalized languages are no longer technical; they are bureaucratic and political".
https://theconversation.com/why-is-it-so-hard-to-type-in-indigenous-languages-245247
Started learning blind typing a few weeks ago — and ended up swapping the LCtrl and CapsLock keys to reduce finger movement.
Time to train muscle memory 
I'm trying to use mypy inside tox with tox-uv, but mypy's --install-types flag hardcodes the usage of pip. When you're using tox-uv, pip is no longer installed in the environment because uv does the heavy lifting with `uv pip install` as a faster alternative to `pip install`
Here's my attempt at making mypy more configurable so it can install types using uv:
https://github.com/python/mypy/compare/master...cthoyt:mypy:uv-installer
Adept at touch typing? Want to go insane? Try the latest toggle switch "keyboard."
Hi, typing friends! If you liked THE TYPING OF THE DEAD, I think you should go try the demo of BLOOD TYPERS. I just tried it for an hour and enjoyed it, even though it's in alpha or beta or something.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2790330/Blood_Typers/
The team seems to respond to feedback in the Discussions too.
