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To me, using vim is more about forcing me to understand how things work, or rely less on some IDE magic. IDEs are powerful. It’s too powerful that I don’t know

To me, using vim is more about forcing me to understand how things work, or rely less on some IDE magic. IDEs are powerful. It’s too powerful that I don’t know how certain functionalities work. Maybe it’s just me lol.

aphextron 8y ago
Sure. But once you know how everything works, you switch back to an IDE. Use the tools that make your life easier, and lose the elitism. There’s nothing more frustrating to me than watching junior engineers struggle to dig through a problem using Vim or Sublime because “That’s What Real Programmers Use”, thinking it’s somehow a crutch to have things like autocomplete or code click through. These tools were built by people far more talented and knowledgeable than you or I because professionals need productivity, not some ephemeral feeling of superiority or nerd cred.
- m1cl 8y ago
  Vim is the best editor.
- chmln 8y ago
  Autocompletions are not limited to IDEs these days. With the advent of editor-agnostic language servers, I have high quality autocomplete in vim, with the bonus of not having to use a slow and clunky IDE.