Why use Vim?

Why use Vim instead of VS Code?

Pros

✅ Keyboard only
✅ Much easier to customize keyboard shortcuts
✅ Building your own editor can be a fun side project
✅ Encourages learning terminal tools
✅ Loads more quickly
✅ Requires less CPU and memory
Learn a lot about what’s possible With the terminal
Can make my wish list for easier workflows come true
Customizing the tools I use 8 hours a day (and often in the evenings and weeekends as well) feels satisfying and just makes sense
It reminds me to use my programming skills to solve problems, so nclusing tiny problems like wishing I didn’t have to press so many keys or click the mouse so many times to complete a workflow that happens many times a day
It’s fun to personalize those tools
It prompts me to keep learning
It accelerates ky learning
It reignites my passion for coding
It makes me optimistic that coding can solve big and small problems and isn’t just something I now do for others for money. It’s still something I do because I love it and because it makes my life easier and feels really cool
Link to “why vim” videos by Josean, TJ (PDE concept), that Guy with the video about expressiveness Vs discoverability, prime
compared to vs code:
- can undo file changes even after closing and reopening vim