For me it was the opposite. I went from spacemacs to neovim and used the experience with layers and well structured config to make my neovim experience superb.

For me it was the opposite. I went from spacemacs to neovim and used the experience with layers and well structured config to make my neovim experience superb. The only time I still use spacemacs if I "feel like it" or need one of the exclusive plugins like a good clojure repl. But compared to vim, I found spacemacs rather heavy. Like IntelliJ vs Sublime.