Yes it's a bit annoying if you have to edit something on the fly on a server without a GUI - but fumbling around in vim for this small amount of time is still quicker than learning all the keybindings. and why are you vimming around on the server anyway? isn't that a red flag in the first place?
I have probs spent well less than 1 day in total working in vim, in my dev career.
whereas I spend 8 hours a day in an IDE which catches 80% of my mistakes for me and offers all sorts of other features to boot.
One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
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It's a waste of time to learn vim.
here's my reasoning.
Yes it's a bit annoying if you have to edit something on the fly on a server without a GUI - but fumbling around in vim for this small amount of time is still quicker than learning all the keybindings. and why are you vimming around on the server anyway? isn't that a red flag in the first place?
I have probs spent well less than 1 day in total working in vim, in my dev career.
whereas I spend 8 hours a day in an IDE which catches 80% of my mistakes for me and offers all sorts of other features to boot.
That seems like a very popular opinion except among those that have learned vim.
Now I'll switch to links to respond to your comments.
Mastering Vim grammar
Igor Irianto ・ Mar 6 ・ 6 min read
visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/...
onivim.io/
I have not found learning vim a waste and still get IDE benefits.
I have learned vim enough to write part of the translated manual in french.
And I'm sorry but it would be delusional to think that vim gives IDE benefits similar to JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA :)
Right it's not a waste of time, it's fun
With the right plugins you can get most of the way there. I'll take 95% of the way there for free than 100% of the way for $150/year.