> I am not sure I agree with that, but it's definitely not about text editor choice.
It's definitely possible but I genuinely don't understand how people work for decades and still move their hand all the way to the arrow keys just go move the cursor to another word. Especially when the solution for this inefficiency is so accessible, existed for decades and is widely available in almost every tool. It's something that goes against the spirit of the medium which is all about automation.
It’s not the bottleneck of true productivity. It doesn’t matter any more than how close the pedals are together would affect how long it takes me to drive somewhere.
I disagree, the older I get the more aware I am of how impactful even minor friction is. Having "pedals closer together" does in fact make you press the pedals more often especially when you do that thousands of times per day.