[dmitriid]

> y. I can make vim into whatever I want depending on the context. Because of this, I'm able to use the same vim in many different contexts, instead of having different tools for different tasks.

Better to have specialised tools for whatever they are good at than a tool that's isn't good at any, and you have to spend time cmolding it to be a pale imitation of specialised tools.

> I wouldn't want to open VSCode every time I want to write a quick note, for instance.

Why would you open VSCode? You open a note-taking app.