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Autocomplete makes programming very different from normal typing. I don't need to type fast, I use my keyboard to trigger lists of options that I pick from. Modern programming is a contemplative interaction with the IDE/language server, normal typing should only come into play when you write comments.


Autocomplete is just a very small subset of modal editing paradigm, the entire editing process, both typing and key shortcuts (i.e. picking options) should be treated as the same.


But in this case WPM or similar are completely useless measures. With the right tooling one can pump out an extreme amount of code in a few minutes. It totally depends on the programming language and the available tooling, templates etc. You don't need quick fingers for programming. Depending on the verbosity of the programming language and if it is statically typed you are much faster in pumping out characters.




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