I certainly don't think it's a dichotomy; I explicitly want an editor that combines composability with extensibility. And while vim-mode is impressive, I don't

I certainly don't think it's a dichotomy; I explicitly want an editor that combines composability with extensibility. And while vim-mode is impressive, I don't think it's really quite enough, unfortunately. Because the problem is that vim-mode isn't core to Atom's design philosophy, it's a bolt-on that tries to import a different philosophy to Atom. Other extensions (and native commands) don't expect to be in vim-mode and don't natively work in a way that extends vim-mode.