Re:Show HN: I built a little browser game to practice Vim co...
by chrysoprace on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @06:13AM
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Well consider this, if you end up liking Vim you'll almost certainly want to have Vim keybindings in everything you use. :)
I learned Vim because I didn't like using Nano to edit server configs, and ended up sticking with it because I wanted to ditch my mouse in my workflow for fear of long-term RSI development.
Vimtutor is a built-in command in Vim and Neovim, and I personally wish I started with it since it's super helpful. You only have to learn as much as you need to, to become productive and then you can progressively get more advanced with macros and piping the file contents to a command line tool like jq.
I learned Vim because I didn't like using Nano to edit server configs, and ended up sticking with it because I wanted to ditch my mouse in my workflow for fear of long-term RSI development.
Vimtutor is a built-in command in Vim and Neovim, and I personally wish I started with it since it's super helpful. You only have to learn as much as you need to, to become productive and then you can progressively get more advanced with macros and piping the file contents to a command line tool like jq.