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“I tried looking into Vim / NeoVim a few times to understand what all the hype was about.” Is vim really getting hyped anywhere? If so that must be one of the

• Redoubts 8y ago
  It's as hyped as tiling window managers.
• sophacles 8y ago
  It's there more or less all the time in the background. Every 2-3 years you'll see a resurgence in "Why I vim" posts. It's also part of the shell world. Usually it's tied to new waves of tooling... * A new language or paradigm comes out * Clicky tool makers (IDE, management software, etc) can't really keep up with the rapid change, and they aren't sure if this will catch on, so they don't make great tools for it. People have to use the cli tools to take advantage of all the features. * Since folks are already in the shell, they want to make their environment better, so new folks are introduced to shell stack, and new customization options for tmux or shell or vim come out. * Eventually if the thing catches on Clicky tool makers catch up and the shell scene quiets down a bit - people abandon shell stack for clicky tools if that's their preference, and the new shell converts integrate with the broader "shell folks community". (That community is always there, just quietly using the relatively stable interfaces in the background). * At some point a new language or paradigm comes out...