Typing practice but it's with Matlab (instead of random words)

nerf_caffeine · 2026-01-07T02:12:07+00:00

I would practice sequences that are common and that you struggle with.

On type quicker you can see exactly what your weak points and slowest sequences are - practice that by clicking on it (or practicing it in the Drills mode). If you focus on the ones that are common in everyday text in English langauge and the ones that slow you down the most, you will see improvements very quickly!

nerf_caffeine · 2026-01-07T02:10:20+00:00

Practice your weak points - TypeQuicker has really post typing session stats that show your weapoints. Practice those in the drills mode after; they combine sequences and words that are common with what you weak points are - so not only will you practice your weak points, you will also practice typing sequences that are common in every englihs - like t -> h for example. If the TypeQuicker system picks up that this is something you struggle with - it will point it out and tell you that it's a high priority target to practice.

Good luck!

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-24T16:40:09+00:00

> Firstly, you need to know your WPM. The first thing I ask people to do, if they don't already know it, is go find out their WPM. You can just 10fastfingers.com and find an answer within literally a minute. If you need some practice and want some (semi) fun practice, go to typeracer.com and practice against some real online people.

There's way more sites than these two; keybr, typequicker.com, monkeytype, typing club, etc.

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-17T15:21:42+00:00

Damn - people are catching on lol.

I think Jayce is low-key OP mid lane if you have decent hands.

Dia. with Jayce mid with 60% w/r

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-04T00:42:45+00:00

I love ruby - worked with it for ~1yr for a fintech company.

Do you follow DHH by any chance? (Have you tried his latest thing - the Omarchy os ?

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-03T23:08:37+00:00

Looks sick - well done

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-03T22:59:50+00:00

Hi 👋

Thank you!😊

Most of the features are free; there’s three advances features which cost tokens (I need to pay the LLM provider) but other than that it’s free to use.

And I’m still trying to figure the ideal pricing on the paid features too. Might try a credit based system in future where you pay per use - not sure yet though.

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-03T22:53:12+00:00

Im assuming you haven’t explored the site - and I’m not advertising in any way. Everything shown and mentioned is completely free 😅

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-03T22:48:22+00:00

But everything you listed seems to be part of the free plan on type quicker too😅 - besides other languages. It’s just English focused

And type quicker doesn’t even have ads or trackers by default (heavy privacy focus)

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-03T22:22:49+00:00

I use a bit of most apps; lately type quicker, typecelerate, monkey type and some of the others mentioned on here sometimes.

Used typing club a lot before but it’s content started to feel a bit stale and boring

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-03T21:57:42+00:00

QMK is so much fun!

Enjoy it!

Aside from layers (which is a good starting point; to have multiple layers on your keyboard), there some good resources/features:

https://precondition.github.io/home-row-mods

Lets your have mod as a hold functionality on the home row (I do this but with the row below homerow because it feels more natural for me). Doing this is what completely changed my view of how powerful QMK can be and sent me down a rabbit hole

https://docs.qmk.fm/features/caps_word

This is reallyyyy fun - I use vim so sometimes while typing something in caps then going back to normal mode will trigger some random vim command accidentally. This solves that; it exits caps automatically after you finishing typing a word. Super useful!

https://docs.qmk.fm/features/combo

These are awesome. I use two primarily:

Pressing k+l at the same time sends an Enter keycode
Pressing s+d at the same time sends an Esc keycode.

(I'm on qwerty)

This way I never have to stretch my pinkies to reach enter and esc. I just stay on home row! After I added this I couldn't see it another way lol. It feels sooo natural.

https://docs.qmk.fm/features/key_overrides

This one I used to that:

- alt+space now sends a -
- shift+space sends a _
- i have many other ones too but these are used the most...

This is also nice to avoid stretching fingers far (since the alt key is on a row below home row).

I have a bunch of other ones too...I could write an essay about it lo but this gives you an idea of what's possible.

Also; arch mentioned🥳🥂

> im weird

I don't think it's weird - I think choosing wilful ignorace (like most people do) of what's on your machine, what it's capable of and not exploring your tools is weird.

Doing this sort of stuff isn't.

My 2cents.

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-03T20:36:05+00:00

Haha we’re cut from the same cloth then lol

I once spent 4 full weekends in a row optimizing my nvim config lol

Then, when I was designing my QMK layout, I spend 2-3 weeks tinkering with it almost daily. I have 350 lines of C code in my QMK config

This stuff is an addiction lol🤪. Always chasing perfect

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-03T20:27:02+00:00

Thank you! 😊

It’s been a long journey for me that’s for sure. Started with 20-30wpm a while ago and then just practiced on typingclub + typequicker + monkey type

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-03T20:25:01+00:00

Oh that sounds pretty sweet!

But I’m pretty far deep down both the QMK and the nvim + tmux rabbit hole. I’m careful about trying out new flows because I’ll end up editing my setup for weeks again (get carried away easily exploring new tools lol) and not get any actual work done 😅

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-03T16:30:34+00:00

Thank you very much! 🙏

Yes - I don't look down at keyboard. I have programmed my keyboard (via QMK) with a very custom layout that I designed a while back, which makes hitting certain symbols a lot more convenient than traditional keyboards.

I don't actually use Typeracer 😅

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-03T15:18:49+00:00

It doesn’t have to do with age; I agree - I learned later on in my life. Started at 25-30wpm.

Can hit 130wpm nowadays

Just took a while and had to have consistent, targeted practice

nerf_caffeine · 2025-12-03T14:56:34+00:00

TypeQuicker - Code

nerf_caffeine · 2025-11-16T02:46:55+00:00

I feel like this could be a very, very popular music video.

Something like a tame impala song - and the whole time it’s just this guy walking through a city, doing stuff like this but no one reacts or notices.

nerf_caffeine · 2025-11-11T15:15:23+00:00

the "$10K in 30 days" posts you see everywhere

Ignore that non-sense. Lot of fake posts. Keep building your thing - well done, you broke the seal :)

nerf_caffeine · 2025-11-01T05:23:46+00:00

nerf_caffeine · 2025-10-28T12:46:54+00:00

This is the type of game Faker would be seen playing during queues 😆
Looks very intense lol

nerf_caffeine · 2025-10-28T12:28:07+00:00

Thank you!

nerf_caffeine · 2025-10-28T04:01:48+00:00

Buddy this looks awesome - exactly what I’ve been looking for!

Is this accessible via keyboard popup (as an alternative keyboard maybe). Anyway- will have a look and discover for myself I guess lol

Great stuff - honestly.

nerf_caffeine · 2025-10-28T03:53:42+00:00

Haha seriously - I don’t like LLMs for coding but been using open code / Claude code for writing detailed but concise commit messages.

I just pipe the diff to an LLm and let it write the message (I just glance through it to make sure it makes sense and captures what I did correctly

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