Biggest personal issue with VS codes vim mode is that it only works in the text editor. The beauty of vim/neovim is that the keybindings work everywhere in the UI, not just the text edit window.

Yeah, this is the biggest thing I miss from neovim.

Have you tried the neovim plugin instead of the regular vim one? I find they have different trade offs, but the neovim one is actually using neovim inside a vscode window and requires a neovim install.

Particularly, I’ve found the undo functionality to be far better with the neovim one, it never screws up. Holding alt and moving a line up and down can sometimes accidentally move your cursor one line higher or lower though.

I basically had to disable entire VS Code. Didn't remove it yet and keep it just in case I need to remember how crappy it's. It has some advantages over neovim though, but they don't outhweigh neovim.