It may differ for you but coding is (sadly) not where the majority of my time is spent. A lot of it is in data files, logs, sql scripts, etc. For a lot of those

It may differ for you but coding is (sadly) not where the majority of my time is spent. A lot of it is in data files, logs, sql scripts, etc. For a lot of those tasks fast editing makes a big difference. Sql in particular is verbose and repetative yet fairly unstructured, a vim macro is a great way to do bulk updates. Another would be something like adding a parameter to a function called in many places, the repeat command is a fantastic way to apply it everywhere.