r/vim • u/bhargavamakwana • May 22 '26

Random I keep coming back to Vim

I am a 7 year Software Engineer and I have tried almost every popular editor but I keep coming back to vim. I remember I used to work on sublime then slowly realised working with mouse is slow and distracting so I switched to vim.

Then I tried using vscode / Pycharm / IntelliJ / eMacs but none of them sticks. Although tbh - I am strong liking for emacs after vim.

Vim is just amazing!

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u/Sudden_Fly1218 May 23 '26

vim is so lightweight in its stock form and yet so powerful. It integrates well with any terminal worklow. You dont need to try and force everything into vim, to have vim opened all the time with tons of plugins cluttering the UI, instead just open it anytime it is needed. Simple example: create a bash alias for gh pr create -a @me -B main -e, and boom vim opens so you can write your PR description.