I first became interested in Vim for the modular editing, but you can emulate that in other things. What I stayed for, is how much closer to the "metal" it mak

I first became interested in Vim for the modular editing, but you can emulate that in other things. What I stayed for, is how much closer to the "metal" it makes me feel. I started programming in IntelliJ, but using that I always wondered what was going on in the background. If I click on the green "play" icon, what happens? That magic is gone when using something like Vim without plugins. Configuring it to do everything you ever need yourself, however, can be quite a pain. So I gradually added plugins, to delegate the nitty gritty config work to plugin creators, making sure I understand what those plugins are actually doing, in order to not get back to a "I have no clue what my editor does" situation. > Vscode or other powerful IDEs do the work much better. The thing about Neovim is that this quote is becoming less true by the minute. Also, nvim can do some things that I don't think are possible in other editors. Have you tried embedding IntelliJ in your browser? :)