Tourist Software
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The blog post 'Tourist Software' discusses software developed by transient or inexperienced developers, sparking a discussion on code quality and development practices.
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Oct 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM EDT
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Oct 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM EDT
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Oct 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM EDT
2 months ago
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That's a sign of poor keyboard layout (relative to emacs).
Emacs was designed for keyboards with control and alt on both sides of the spacebar (and really benefits if the layout places control and alt symmetrically).
Thinkpads have this layout. There are other keyboards with a suitable layout. Most keyboards are not suitable for sustained Emacs use...
...and for what it is worth, Linux shells tend to use Emacs shortcuts out of the box.