When deciding between whether to learn Vim or Emacs, Vim won me over with three things: 1) Learning Vim increased my efficiency across multiple machines, and n

When deciding between whether to learn Vim or Emacs, Vim won me over with three things: 1) Learning Vim increased my efficiency across multiple machines, and not just my dev machine. 2) It's extremely lightweight. Note: you still need to be careful with plugins! 3) Modal editing is easier on the wrists. Most of my time as a developer is spent navigating through code (whether editing or browsing), and Vim's normal mode keybindings are much less modifier-based.