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I became a better programmer once I committed to mastering Vim. Don’t know why, but the whole struggle of using it changed the way I thought about code and I g
by xwdv 7y ago
I became a better programmer once I committed to mastering Vim.
Don’t know why, but the whole struggle of using it changed the way I thought about code and I gained the power to code at the speed of thought.
- fossuser 7y agoI think I actually became better when I stopped spending time messing around with tools and environments and focused on just the programming part. Sane defaults, know the tool and how to use it, but don’t waste time on configuration. When possible choose the standard tool for the job (IntelliJ for me). It’s still fun to yak shave, mess with things, play with the terminal etc. but at least for me I found that the time spent doing that was the opposite of productive.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoLike playing an instrument or learning a language, learning Vim/Emacs is something you're glad younger-you did because now you certainly couldn't be bothered. Then again, these days I just use whatever vim-mode solution there is in VSCode, IntelliJ, etc. and move on. Kind of like how I prefer a GUI for Git these days. It would blow the mind of my younger self. I just have so many other things going on in my life and on my plate.