I personally started with vanilla keybindings and when I get frustrated by some keybinding not feeling intuitive, I just change it to something else I like. I’v

I personally started with vanilla keybindings and when I get frustrated by some keybinding not feeling intuitive, I just change it to something else I like. I’ve had conflicts, and shot myself in the foot as a beginner, but you end up getting used to configuring things to your liking. Unlike some folks, speed of editing is not usually my bottleneck so I’m happy being slower with navigating and editing. I also know diehard vim fans who switched and use evil mode exclusively and from their shared experience it’s kind of the same - some things won’t work or won’t be intuitive but they end up rebinding to their liking. In my opinion, pick a path and commit to it. I don’t think you’ll regret it either way. If you love modal editing starting with evil mode will yield a better end experience for you once you’re proficient.