A year ago (I still do), I would get so amazed and overwhelmed watching ThePrimeagen navigate the Vim... Tagged with vim, beginners, productivity, learning.

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The author describes their journey of overcoming fear and frustration to learn Vim, moving from VS Code to using Vim keybindings. Initially challenging, the experience improved with persistence, leading to efficient navigation using Vim. They now use Neovim for a personal Go CLI project while avoiding extensive customization, focusing on efficiency with minimal plugins.

On Learning Vim

Currently on my own VIM/NVIM journey, love the focus on minimalism, VIM configeration alone can become overwhelming

VIM’s Witnesses share their message on Sunday mornings at the doorsteps of houses, trying to convert other IDE users.

Aswell in a VIM/NVIM journey, besides performance its also reflects the way you usually work with software imo. You search, look at some code try to analyze it (normal mode) and then make an change (insert) and back to traversing around (normal mode).

It’s like a legally binding contract that compels me to disclose my use of VIM with nearby VS Code plebs.