[modernerd]

Agree that it gamifies text editing – vim motions are fun, even though I largely don't miss them in VS Code, or I use a vim extension when I do.

> …myself and a lot of other Neovim users are basically masochists to some extent.

It's great of you to say this, and heartwarming to see a sense of self-awareness on HN.

It's easy to rationalise our tech choices away (vim = speed, efficiency, freedom!). It's harder to admit that we may have chosen our tools simply because it's fun to walk a learning curve that runs sharply from pain to joy. Of course we could pick an easier tool! But then our path runs from apathy to apathy! And we'd be making it alongside people who think tools are just tools, instead of within a counterculture of likeminded people who think that tools are _everything_.

Maybe I should give neovim another shot…