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The article contrasts Vim's focus on user control through programmatic customization with VSCode's emphasis on consumption via heavier plugin development.
A philosophical blog post arguing that good tools should be invisible and friction-free, criticizing the tendency to celebrate a tool's flaws as fun puzzles. The author uses text editors like vim and Sublime to illustrate how tool choice can become tribal identity.
This article provides a historical overview and categorized list of various vi-family text editors and clones, ranging from the original 1977 release to modern derivatives like Vim.