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Comment on Ask HN: Is Dvorak worth it?

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I use programmer dvorak and absolutely love it. I would recommend it to everyone. Qwerty was just made to deliberately slow down typists. Dvorak is much more comfortable and the programmer dvk variant is really well laid out for coders. I can type long strings of numbers without looking and rarely have to backspace for a typo. Qwerty is just embarassing compared to dvorak. Some people with wrist stress find their typing longevity renewed thanks to dvk. Again, check out the programmer variant. Has some slight differences (numbers are shift-accessible, symbols like () and {} are the numeric row.

Interestingly, A and M are the same spot in qwerty and Dvorak. There are typing tutors online, but I recommend printing out the layout or keeping it on screen and learning that way. Your hands will thank you.

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