You're right that it's a totally different mindset. I was going to post a comment along the lines of "anytime I need to hack my editor, it's a waste of my time"

You're right that it's a totally different mindset. I was going to post a comment along the lines of "anytime I need to hack my editor, it's a waste of my time". That's where IntelliJ shines. It's so mature and functional out of the box, that I don't need to hack it. I came from Emacs where, once the initial fun of hacking it wore off, it was just a drag.