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I hate those YouTube videos "turn vim into an IDE". The people who watch those only care about bragging that they use vim, nothing else.

aulin 2y ago
imaging being so disconnected from reality to think that your editor of choice if something to brag about
- smaudet 2y ago
  One could say the same about any interest, really...imagine bragging what sort of car you drive, as if that makes any real difference. Of course, you say, driving some expensive car means you get more attention, right? Well, yes, and it doesn't make you any better of a person...if your text editor is your car and people care about what car you drive, then maybe it also gets you some attention... But yes it is sad that we get wrapped up in the unimportant things in life. Good to have some escapes, too, though.
  - aulin 2y ago
    My point was more that sometimes with modern internet it's quite easy to end up in a very specific and small bubble and think it represents the world. But sure I guess you're right, as long as there is an audience willing to listen you can brag about anything. I can count on one hand people in my real life circle who would care about me using emacs. Cars are different, they are related to economical accomplishment, which is more universally accepted as something to brag about.
lawn 2y ago
> The people who watch those only care about bragging that they use vim, nothing else. No? Some people want to know how to get IDE features such as errors, goto definition and type inlay hints into their editor of choice. It's frankly hilarious to think that "it's only for bragging rights". It says more about you than anyone else.
- alabhyajindal 2y ago
  You're right. But I was talking about videos like "turn vim into VS code with this one simple trick!!!" - I don't like those. And I think the people who watch these would be better off using a regular IDE. The only reason someone would watch that is so they can haphazardly configure vim to mimic their existing workflow. I don't know. Maybe I'm being too judgemental.

aulin 2y ago

imaging being so disconnected from reality to think that your editor of choice if something to brag about

smaudet 2y ago
One could say the same about any interest, really...imagine bragging what sort of car you drive, as if that makes any real difference. Of course, you say, driving some expensive car means you get more attention, right? Well, yes, and it doesn't make you any better of a person...if your text editor is your car and people care about what car you drive, then maybe it also gets you some attention... But yes it is sad that we get wrapped up in the unimportant things in life. Good to have some escapes, too, though.
- aulin 2y ago
  My point was more that sometimes with modern internet it's quite easy to end up in a very specific and small bubble and think it represents the world. But sure I guess you're right, as long as there is an audience willing to listen you can brag about anything. I can count on one hand people in my real life circle who would care about me using emacs. Cars are different, they are related to economical accomplishment, which is more universally accepted as something to brag about.

lawn 2y ago

> The people who watch those only care about bragging that they use vim, nothing else. No? Some people want to know how to get IDE features such as errors, goto definition and type inlay hints into their editor of choice. It's frankly hilarious to think that "it's only for bragging rights". It says more about you than anyone else.

alabhyajindal 2y ago
You're right. But I was talking about videos like "turn vim into VS code with this one simple trick!!!" - I don't like those. And I think the people who watch these would be better off using a regular IDE. The only reason someone would watch that is so they can haphazardly configure vim to mimic their existing workflow. I don't know. Maybe I'm being too judgemental.