Coding without your hands (Changelog Interviews #423)

What do you do when you make a living typing on a keyboard, but you can no longer do that for more than a few minutes at a time? Switch careers?! Not Josh Comeau. He decided to learn from others who have come before him and develop his own solution for coding without his hands. Spoiler Alert: he uses weird noises and some fancy eye tracking tech.

On this episode Josh tells us all about the fascinating system he developed, how it changed his perspective on work & life, and where he’s going from here. Plus we mix in some CSS & JS chat along the way.

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Featuring:

• Josh Comeau – Website, GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Josh on hands-free coding
• Jerod on his RSI battle
• The Mindbody Prescription
• Talon Software
• CSS for JavaScript Developers
• Tobii Eye Tracker 5

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!