As a counter point: most IDEs come with defaults for many things and offer the ability to customize. Whether it's better to have defaults that you have to overr

As a counter point: most IDEs come with defaults for many things and offer the ability to customize. Whether it's better to have defaults that you have to override or have no pre-configured tools seems dependent on the user and the tool. I've personally been turned off by how much work it takes to get vim functional on the same level as my other tools and have often wished someone had put together a better starting point and explained how to integrate, extend and customize. I like that if I want to, I can build up from zero to a totally personalized vim setup, but I don't like that most of the time I have to start from zero and build a totally personalized setup.