These koans have been independently translated into Chinese, thanks to Wanzhang Sheng, and into Spanish, thanks to Daniel Campoverde Carrión. (more…)

Pros and cons of using a 30-year-old editor in 2020. (more…)

Coming from the JavaScript world, I’m used to the amazing debugging capabilities that browsers offer these days. I wanted to find a way to do debugging in a sane way, covering the basics like setting breakpoints, skipping through them and doing variable i... (more…)

Last month I researched two historical questions. I originally posted summaries on Twitter and am reproducing both here.1 Why Vim Uses hjkl Question: Why does Vim use hjkl and not the arrow keys for navigation? Common Explanation: It keeps your fingers on... (more…)

I have come across Esoteric Vim lately, an article that shows how to perform various advanced text manipulation in Vim. It dates from February 2025, so it’s a recent article about modern Vim. This article shows exactly why I think Vim is outdated, and why... (more…)