Idk. I started using Emacs at my second internship as a software developer, thanks to the current generation of fancy, IDE-like starter kits (Spacemacs in parti

Idk. I started using Emacs at my second internship as a software developer, thanks to the current generation of fancy, IDE-like starter kits (Spacemacs in particular). I was in my 20s, and it was less than a decade ago. I experienced Emacs in that first encounter as hip and exciting! Setup was extremely easy, and the workflow was such a joy and such a shock that it changed what I want out of computer interfaces forever. The discoverability and in-band documentation blew my mind, and made the incredibly complex bundle of functionality and keybindings in front of me feel shockingly approachable and learnable. The Vim emulation was so good that Emacs is where I learned Vim, and even as a relatively unsophisticated Vimmer, few Vim emulation plugins have ever lived up to what I experienced with Evil. I don't think Emacs is about to take over the world, but it seems to be doing quite well. It seems a clear and ongoing source of inspiration for the trendiest applications that people use to edit code today, like VSCode. Important Emacs plugins like Magit have inspired the creation of some really nice TUI applications like lazygit and lazydocker, etc., and continue to be excellent. It may not be for everyone, but Emacs still still has a lot to offer. For a significant minority of developers in current and future generations, I think it will continue to 'click'. For developers of other software development tools, it will continue to be a source of friendly competition and inspiration, and in that way it will continue to anchor and influence the landscape.