• YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU
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    The Primeagon and Rene Rebe come to mind. Tsoding uses emacs and flys around. I’m still new to neovim and can say the speed at which I can transfer my ideas into the editor is significantly higher.

    approximately nobody is competent in Vim because it isn’t worth learning

    Come on, you really think its a giant conspiracy from elitists lying about their experience? You think thousands of developers are handicapping themselves for bragging rights?

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      7 months ago

      Not op but yes, I actually do. Dev for about 20 years, and the vast majority showing vim/emacs struggle when presenting. Could be presentation jitters ofc but the answer to:

      You think thousands of developers are handicapping themselves for bragging rights?

      Yes, yes I do. Thousands is not all, but they are definitively in the thousands

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      you really think its a giant conspiracy from elitists lying about their experience

      Pretty much, yes.

      You think thousands of developers are handicapping themselves for bragging rights?

      Absolutely. That’s completely normal human behaviour.