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I was looking for the obligatory 'I use a tiling WM btw' comment but it seems that everyone is touching grass here
Genuine question why do people do that? What workflow is it better for? I'm sure past a certain learning curve it's good for stuff
some people are more comfortable doing all of their computer actions from the keyboard without reaching for the mouse. tiling WMs tend to make that easier to do at the cost of requiring some learning
I guess I'm satisfied with keyboard shortcuts and Emacs as my super two-handed keyboard weapon. When I have mouse fully disabled there's always annoying moments where I'm like holding my phone or a drink etc in the left. Can definitely see that though