I think I agree to an extent. I am glad that I pieced my vim setup together because I know exactly what each part of it does, but the fact is I selected a lot o

I think I agree to an extent. I am glad that I pieced my vim setup together because I know exactly what each part of it does, but the fact is I selected a lot of the parts because they were included in a distribution I read about or a blog article I read. Still, I did not add them until I knew I wanted them and I learned them one at a time. Interesting you mention oh-my-zsh. I DO use that, but that distribution I think encourages you to turn on and learn the plugins as you actually need them - they are not turned on by default. So I've gone through a very similar process with them.