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It's not just "how much time do you spend writing" but "how much concentration do you give up on your keyboard layout".

If you have to think about how to do the actions to indent, comment and reformat some code, your mind isn't on what you're actually doing at the time, which could be a very complex operation which requires your full attention.

Try to type a reply to this comment, but type it with one finger while looking at the keyboard and see how focused you are on what you want to say.



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