hotkeys aren't about code entry. I bet when you're in visual studio you hit F5 to debug instead of moving your mouse up and trying to hit the small button. Yo

hotkeys aren't about code entry. I bet when you're in visual studio you hit F5 to debug instead of moving your mouse up and trying to hit the small button. You probably also use Ctrl+<space> when need to pop up autocomplete directly, or Ctrl+r+r when you want to rename something quickly. It's an idea known as 'death by a thousand small cuts'. Perhaps each individual build isn't significantly quicker using keyboard over mouse, but do it all day and it becomes significant. This doesn't even start to consider the mental attention required for mouse usage vs keyboard usage. Every context shift potentially slows you down even more due to non-physical issues. Trying to frame this as a discussion bout typing speed is just not accurate.