This seems like the arguments devs stuck on vim and eMacs keep making. “Ohhh I’m tired of moving my fingers from one key to another!!” [1] It’s just code, if you’re in a good team each PR is just a small diff, it’s hard to believe that’s somehow too complicated for an ostensibly good engineer.
[1] Incidentally the only people I know with carpel tunnel are folks who are entrenched in command line text editors. Maybe there’s some benefit to moving your arms around? Similarly maybe there’s benefit in reading code in a different format, you might actually read it slower and hence comprehend it better.
I am one of those folks entrenched in command line editors, and I avoid carpel tunnel by using a real keyboard (in my case, a real IBM model M) and not the absolute crap that passes for keyboards on laptops (or those keybords in the $1 discount bin).
Good for you but I stick to a standard apple chicklet keyboard and thin mouse and feel the most productive. The mix of moving your arm but always having it rested flat helps in my experience.
[1] Incidentally the only people I know with carpel tunnel are folks who are entrenched in command line text editors. Maybe there’s some benefit to moving your arms around? Similarly maybe there’s benefit in reading code in a different format, you might actually read it slower and hence comprehend it better.