[kajecounterhack]

I've felt largely the same about vim. I think atom is the GUI'ed equivalent of excellent extensible minimalist command line tools.

[afarrell]

You have felt it is easy to install, debug, and write vim plugins? As a vim user, I am super curious how?

[palmer]

Installing and managing plugins at least is pretty easy with pathogen and vundle.

[kajecounterhack]

And for writing: https://github.com/google/vim-maktaba