Why you should consider using Neovim

• Less wasted time typing / editing
• Lightweight
• Highly Configurable
• Rich plugin ecosystem
• Minimal Distractions / Visual fatigue
• Cross platform

Imagine you cook dinner every evening. You've been doing it for years, but you're still chopping vegetables with a blunt knife on a wobbly chopping board. You carefully measure out every spice with a teaspoon. You follow the recipe word for word, even when it’s for a dish you've made twenty times before.

Now imagine watching a professional chef. Their knife is razor-sharp. Their chopping is fast and precise. Their ingredients are laid out in the perfect place. They don’t need to look at the recipe anymore. They adapt as they go. Cooking, for them, is smooth, efficient, and enjoyable.

That is the difference between using a typical text editor and using Vim or Neovim.

Most developers work with tools that never really evolve with them. They click around to move the cursor, highlight code with the mouse, and copy and paste with menus. It works, but it's slow and clunky. It’s like trying to cook a full meal using blunt tools and no preparation. You can do it, but you're making life harder for yourself.

Vim is your sharp knife. It’s your perfectly arranged kitchen. It’s the muscle memory you build over time that makes everything feel seamless. Once you've got the basics down, you stop thinking about the editor itself. You just get on with writing and editing, faster and more confidently than ever.

You edit every day. That means even small inefficiencies quickly add up. Learning Vim is like learning how to actually cook properly. At first, it’s slower. You have to learn new commands, retrain your hands, and work through the awkward phase where nothing feels natural. The learning curve can feel steep in the beginning, and you might feel less productive at first. But that’s how real skill is developed. You practise, you adapt, and eventually it becomes second nature.

Once it clicks, everything changes. Moving around code, editing, searching, jumping between files, it all becomes quicker and more fluid. Tasks that used to take five steps now take one. You become faster not because you rush, but because your tools stop getting in your way.

Choosing to learn Vim might feel like a detour at first, but it’s actually an investment. Just like learning how to cook properly pays off every time you step into the kitchen, learning Vim pays off every time you sit down to write code. You don’t need to become a keyboard wizard overnight, but every small improvement adds up.

If you care about your workflow, if you write code every day, then you owe it to yourself to learn a tool that’s built for speed, precision, and power. Vim isn’t just a text editor. It’s a mindset. And once you’ve experienced it, going back feels like trying to dice onions with a spoon.