I doubt Vim helps my productivity. At least, I’m sure if I dropped vim I would be learn to be just as fast in whatever I ended up using.

It’s just the ergonomics and easy customizability. Keybindings are in all editors, but in vim I don’t have to press all buttons at once. Just: “space”. Walk to the coffee machine. “g”. Get interrupted. “c” - there opens my git commit window. This feels so infinitely much nicer than any other keybinding system I have used. I always struggle going back to anything else.

Next to that, the way the config just works. Just a file I can edit.

Vim doesn’t work wonders, it’s just a preference.