[davidatbu]

Very surprising! IIUC, you consider "Go To Definition"/"Go To References" and other "LSP assists" unhelpful (or worse) when familiarizing yourself with a new codebase. I personally find them indispensable. Could you say more to help me understand your position?

[mstipetic]

If I start with these tools I get a feeling I understand how things fit together, but when I want to add something new I realize my understanding is pretty shallow. I force myself to manually open files where things are so I get an understanding of the conventions and principles in the project. By far my most valuable tool is grep (it’s super fast in vim) and I grep the code to see where certain functions and such are used. I use the lsp tools later when I’m used to the project.

[davidatbu]

Interesting. Thanks!