I can only speak for myself, but I just want a keyboard and a screen. I don&#x27;t need a compiler--it&#x27;s just got to do with the <i>transcription method</i>, not because I need the write&#x2F;execute&#x2F;debug loop.<p>I&#x27;d be fine doing a coding interview with just Notepad.exe or vi or whatever. It takes me ~2 seconds to type a line of code, but more like 10 or 15 seconds to handwrite it [0], and my brain&#x27;s just not used to that kind of latency. It trips me up.<p>Plus, on a whiteboard, the mechanics of &quot;oops I need to insert a line... I guess I&#x27;ll just write it down here and draw a big arrow... ok now I need to rename this variable, but now the name is really long and I can&#x27;t fit it... wait, what was I doing?&quot;.<p>It just mucks up my process. I don&#x27;t precisely conceive an entire subroutine before I put fingers to keyboard--my code evolves as I&#x27;m writing it. I edit, revise, rethink, and refactor constantly, long before anything&#x27;s even compiled. Keys and screen facilitate that process a thousand times better than pencil and paper. Handwriting just isn&#x27;t the best <i>medium</i> for code [1].<p>[0] And thank god I have a CS education, because if nothing else I at least learned how to write legible braces, brackets, ampersands, and at-signs by hand...<p>[1] OP is obviously a wonderful idea but that&#x27;s because it&#x27;s teaching aspects of CS that <i>aren&#x27;t</i> code.