It's funny he mentions running on an iPad, because being able to use Vim or Emacs from on my iPad Pro with the Smart Keyboard via Blink is one of the big advant

It's funny he mentions running on an iPad, because being able to use Vim or Emacs from on my iPad Pro with the Smart Keyboard via Blink is one of the big advantages of not using an IDE for me. Yes, web based IDEs/editors are becoming a thing, but if you really want something portable to any work environment no matter the platform/security concerns etc. there's really only terminal based editors.