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[adventuresinbytes]

What he doesn't tell anyone is that he is using VIM full-time now because he has never figured out how to exit it 18 years later.

[brandonkeffer]

My CS 101 course was on Java and the professor was a Clean Code™ fanatic. The required IDE was Eclipse and after one semester, I switched to Network Security.

[Sameer_Kumar]

Thanks prime.

The name is Sameer, author of this silly piece. 😅

[sixd]

my ceo used to call me into his office to review his code adn he would have it open in regular ass notepad. He wrote our entire product. Hundreds of thousands of lines of java. This was just a few years ago.

[jgdovin]

My friend bought me a copy of winrar for my birthday 8 years ago as a joke

[FraserChapman]

My first editor was...an actual notepad and a pen. Scribing down machine code and assembly mnemonics for the Z80 🙃

[jzmmm]

back in '99, i got a copy of linux through a magazine. I think it was called slackware from memory (i eventually got a copy of red hat). Anyways, i opened up vi (not sure how i figured out i needed vi - maybe it was in the magazine because i didnt have any internet at the time) and i could not figure how to edit nor could i figure out how to quit the damn app LOL. That 'cant quit vi' meme is legit. I would reset my pc to get out of it.

[sombreroman]

I had a similar experience with organizing things but funnily enough it came from looking at it through the lens of algorithms. The amount of work it took to sort my unorganized closet or alphabetize my things was much much greater than the work needed to just scan through my unorganized things to find what I wanted.

[demolazer]

I caught my dad (a software dev/architect for 35 years) editing an open source C++ application, in notepad++, in light mode, with absolutely no syntax highlighting except bold keywords. I keep trying to force him to use Neovim but I'm not quite there yet. Older generation built different

[rocstar]

15:47 - Vim is like laughing in Brazilian

[genstian]

I coded in notepad++ for years, before switching to vscode, I just so rarely ever needed autocomplete or any of those interscope stuff, and notepad++ had all the same auto features I really needed (but I do miss the F12 go to definition vscode now have), but vscode got so much more that just is outside coding, you can deploy docker containers and all these extra features integrate rather well.

Sure, in vim and neovim world, you can get the perfect setup you like, but you have to put in some time,

[ericr]

My biggest hurdle with switching to Vim from VSCode is that I have a mountain of work to complete and I need to be productive now, not in a year from now. Not to mention that I would have to spend a week configuring it before I can even start doing work with it.

[dinckelman]

I really enjoy nvim for quick edits, but when it comes to a full environment, I just find Code with telescope and harpoon much more convenient. What would take me 5 keybinds in a nvim addon, is just one or two clicks away in this editor. But it's always like Prime says - choose what is faster for you

[danielho]

To prevent RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) and CTS (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome), people should look into alternate keyboard layouts, split keyboards, and trackballs. I've been typing on the computer for 40 years and the last 10 switched from QWERTY to Colemak. I tried Dvorak 38 years ago and hated it because it over-stressed my ring and pinky fingers. I also use Kinesis split keyboard(s) and various trackballs including my current Elecom Huge. I did all this because I started experiencing RSI and numbing in my fingers. All my RSI, CTS, and finger-numbing went away quickly after switching to the split keyboard. My fingers were much less tired at the end of the way when I switched to the Colemak layout.

[cosecseccot]

I Blindly followed your 0 to LSP video, and got my nvim setup, yeah i got some problems while setting up the LSP but stack-overflow helped
I really want to thank you to introduce me into the world of vim !!!

[Thorhian]

My first CS class was an intro course to procedural programming in C++ (basically just using it as C with some extra conveniences, didn't really do much object oriented stuff until the next class). All assignments had to run and be turned into a testbed system running on the school linux servers remotely over ssh. The default editor that students were taught to use was emacs in CLI mode over the ssh connection, but people could choose to use what they wanted. I ended up using and truly learning how powerful Vim was just in that first semester.

[toadbroz]

11:57 Wait one freaking second did we go to the same college and dorm????

[Rockem]

The mindset of neovim is actually to configure it, then use it. Because you need a lot of time to configure it to get to a state you get out of the box with other editors. Always find it tedious and I never get to a point where I’m comfortable enough. Same as Emacs. And it’s a shame cause I really love the concept

[Peter-fvbj]

Learning how to code and seeing you get to that uwuntu lightning fast is such a hooting joy I may just keep going with it.

[cyberflaw_]

I used to get very much attached to the code i write which hamperd me from doing things like rewrites and trying new approaches unless I'm fully sure if its gonna work. Once i learned proper touch typing and learned the essential vim bindings i feel I'm not soo much attached to my code as a result i can do much more things efficiently. I genuinely feel really awkward and sad if i have to code without vim for an extensive period