You probably don't need it. I like it because it's lightweight and always available in my terminal, and the modal paradigm of editing is very well suited to edi

You probably don't need it. I like it because it's lightweight and always available in my terminal, and the modal paradigm of editing is very well suited to editing code. It's more like modifying the structure of the code rather than working at the character-level. However, I've spent years finding the right set of plugins, shortcuts, and keybindings that work best for me. I've basically turned it into an IDE for myself, but one that I can navigate much more efficiently than something like Pycharm (even with vim mode).