Test Your Terminal-Fu: The Ultimate Speed Challenge for Developers
Typing Speed Test, but for Developers
I built a unique typing speed test designed specifically for developers to measure how quickly you can execute essential terminal commands. Instead of random words, you will race through real-world scenarios involving package managers like apt, dnf, and pacman, alongside tools like git, docker, and kubectl. This challenge puts your muscle memory and command-line fluency to the ultimate test.
The true measure of a developer's skill isn't just writing code, but mastering the speed and precision of their terminal-fu.
- programjames
Where is the "tab" autocomplete?
- eqvinox
This seems to be largely devops stuff, not developer. (Or plain ops.)
- raincole
Only slightly related, but what increased my code typing speed the most is this (AutoHotKey 2):
; CapsLock + J/K -> ( )
CapsLock & j::SendText "("
CapsLock & k::SendText ")"
; CapsLock + U/I -> [ ]
CapsLock & u::SendText "["
CapsLock & i::SendText "]"
; CapsLock + L/: -> { }
CapsLock & l::SendText "{"
; SC027 = physical ;/: key on a US keyboard
CapsLock & SC027::SendText "}"
; CapsLock + O/P/M/E -> _ + - =
CapsLock & o::SendText "_"
CapsLock & p::SendText "+"
CapsLock & m::SendText "-"
CapsLock & e::SendText "="
- BrenBarn
Realistically, to measure a lot of this stuff, you need to model tab completion.
- Bender
"Movie Hacker" should perhaps include nmap and sshnuke [1] despite being a real command and a real skiddie exploit [2]. When that that first played in the movies (The Matrix) people in the bay area theaters were standing up and cheering. People not familiar with the tools were very confused as to what was going on.
[1] - https://nmap.org/movies/
[2] - https://blog.doyensec.com/2025/03/04/exploitable-sshd.html