I agree with this. I've tried replacements. vscode(ium) was closest to giving me what I want, but in the end it really wasn't close. I always keep going back to

I agree with this. I've tried replacements. vscode(ium) was closest to giving me what I want, but in the end it really wasn't close. I always keep going back to Emacs, because I can do a lot of the little things that add up to a nice experience; and some of the not so little things. To me, Magit is a great example of what you can do with emacs. I love Helm and Deft too. But it's also those little things, some of which I've coded up for myself in a few lines of elisp. BTW, those wanting an Emacs, but with Common Lisp rather than elisp can check out the lem-project on Github.