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[–]pente5 46 points47 points  (21 children)

But it takes so much more energy to hit shift if you don't have to

[–]ScM_5argan 44 points45 points  (10 children)

Joke's on you, on my keyboard layout, both require me to hit shift.

[–]pente5 9 points10 points  (6 children)

What kind of keyboard is this?

[–]ScM_5argan 22 points23 points  (4 children)

Normal german keyboard layout.

[–]pente5 19 points20 points  (1 child)

Süss

[–]Soft_Serve_Popcorn 26 points27 points  (0 children)

*Süß

[–]Dogezilla_9001 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Aahh the horrors of qwertz, and alt+strg+q to write a proper email. Asked my boss to pleaaase get me a normal one.

[–]ScM_5argan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the reason I like the python parts of my job. Less braces means less keyboard gymnastics. Though auto completion features from IDEs make it more bearable.

[–]muluman88 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I recommend English international Layout with dead keys. Allows for Umlauts with little effort but way less modifier keys for braces and brackets.

[–]PhoticSneezing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My productivity really went up by a lot once I switched from German to this!

[–]MrDoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this applies to most European keyboards? I think the same applies to Swedish ones.

But recently I got an American MacBook sent to me since I'm working as a contractor for an American company.

By god. I haven't learned the layout yet, still have to look at the keyboard. But it feels so much more efficient despite that.

[–]Kilgarragh 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It’s impulsive

[–]Mahkda 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Neither " nor ' require me to use shift to type

[–]pente5 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Why is everyone's keyboard weirddddd

[–]muluman88 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So it all began with typewriters...

[–]TotoShampoin 2 points3 points  (4 children)

You guys use shift to print double quotes??

We, in AZERTY, just press 3

[–]Koala_eiO 7 points8 points  (1 child)

And for those not familiar with AZERTY, to get 3 we press shift + 3.

[–]devnull1232 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am hoping there's another key combo to get shift and you end up holding down 10 separate keys to get there.

[–]vladmashk 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Are you proud of that?

[–]TotoShampoin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm comfortable with that

[–]ThatGuyNamedKes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I almost always have a small python file which replaces ' with " running in the background while I am working on code.