The effort typing requires, not raw typing speed, is what determines whether it becomes a real obstacle to writing.

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• Discomfort or effort in typing that makes someone avoid writing things down is a genuine bottleneck that should be fixed, not dismissed. TBThorsten Ball1 Sept 2020similar wording
• For an experienced programmer the bottleneck is usually not thinking but typing, getting what is already in your head into the editor fast enough. THThePrimeagen22 Mar 2025similar wording
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