> It wouldn't be faster: coding is not input constrained, but thinking constrained.

Well, it depends on how bad your RSI is. For some people it is input constrained.

Sure, but perhaps the reduced mental load from having your thoughts instantaneously actualize would free up capacity for a higher quantity and quality of ideas. The somewhat faster feedback loop should also improve reward seeking behavior.

I disagree. Many times coding is input constrained—common refactoring patterns are one obvious example. You enter a pattern of tight input-evaluate-respond-repeat loops where you evaluate the refactoring change at every location where the text would also change. Very few problems worth solving can be solved without a better editor than pen and paper, and thought controlled ast aware editors are the logical conclusion of that.

Hard problems would not be better aided by better input. In my experience, very few money making products deal with hard problems, just boring problems.

I’d much rather type out a program than write it by hand with a pen and paper though.

“Thinking it” might be the next logical step.