<h2 id="great-articles">Great Articles</h2>
<p>I posted a while ago complaining about how slow it can be using Google docs in Chrome on my old laptop. I also work a fair amount through remote desktop.  In both cases typing delay can be very frustrating.  Even a slight delay can subtly cause more mistakes and a sense of friction.  I did some research and came across some amazing articles on the topic:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://pavelfatin.com/typing-with-pleasure/" class="autolinkedURL autolinkedURL-url" target="_blank">pavelfatin.com/typing-with-pleasure</a> 2015 </li>
<li><a href="https://danluu.com/keyboard-latency/" class="autolinkedURL autolinkedURL-url" target="_blank">danluu.com/keyboard-latency</a> 2017</li>
<li><a href="https://danluu.com/term-latency/" class="autolinkedURL autolinkedURL-url" target="_blank">danluu.com/term-latency</a> 2017</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="my-takeaways">My Takeaways</h2>
<ul>
<li>For quick notes Notepad is super fast - sadly it is very bare bones.</li>
<li>For coding and text editing Notepad++ is a fast option. It is faster than many competitors.</li>
<li>Other things that can help: a low latency keyboard, a fast monitor, and a powerful CPU.</li>
</ul>
<p>Pavel's article was written almost 5 years ago at the time of writing in 2020.  I'd love to see more recent data for VS Code, and current markdown editors. Perhaps Atom is a good substitute.  </p>


## Great Articles
I posted a while ago complaining about how slow it can be using Google docs in Chrome on my old laptop. I also work a fair amount through remote desktop.  In both cases typing delay can be very frustrating.  Even a slight delay can subtly cause more mistakes and a sense of friction.  I did some research and came across some amazing articles on the topic:

- https://pavelfatin.com/typing-with-pleasure/ 2015 
- https://danluu.com/keyboard-latency/ 2017
- https://danluu.com/term-latency/ 2017

## My Takeaways
- For quick notes Notepad is super fast - sadly it is very bare bones.
- For coding and text editing Notepad++ is a fast option. It is faster than many competitors.
- Other things that can help: a low latency keyboard, a fast monitor, and a powerful CPU.

Pavel's article was written almost 5 years ago at the time of writing in 2020.  I'd love to see more recent data for VS Code, and current markdown editors. Perhaps Atom is a good substitute.  

Typing Delay

I work as a senior analytics engineer at an education non-profit.
