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Interview with a VIM Enthusiast

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Cited on HN 4 times, 2022–2025, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Shared as a joke in editor and tooling threads whenever Vim devotion comes up.

A parody interview with a fanatical Vim user, mocking editor-loyalty culture. It is a short programmer-humor sketch from Kai Lentit.

“I enjoyed this parody” (HN, 2023)

4 jokes · Comedy

4 Hacker News comments

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@jiggawatts Jul 2023 Makes a joke
on HN thread Factory Factory Factory
I knew mentioning EMACS would get the HN crowd riled up, that's the point. :) For laughs: Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast in 2023: [link] And to keep things fair and balanced, an Interview with a VIM Enthusiast: [this video] "I actually wrote a vim versus IDE comparison. Do you know how much faster vim was? 4.3 seconds! 4.3 seconds I saved every day! All those months learning were totally worth it."
@Dead_Lemon Jul 2023 Makes a joke
on HN thread LazyVim
No exactly on topic, but I enjoyed this parody, Interview with a VIM Enthusiast: [this video] also, Interview with a Emacs Enthusiast: [link]
@4ggr0 Jun 2025 Makes a joke
on HN thread Microsoft Edit
as someone who uses CLI text editors frequently, but not often enough to build the muscle memory which remembers VI shortcuts, i really appreciate simple text editors. i know that i can press like 3-4 arbitrary buttons to mark a block to move it to a different place - how about i just mark it with my cursor and CTRL-X CTRL-V, like every freaking other program out there. i appreciate that i got VI on freshly installed or secured servers, but for things i use daily, i just want it to be KISS. already counting on people answering 'but vim is easy and simple'. opinions differ i guess. [this video]

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