I originally wrote this as a response to “Sublime Text 2 vs Vim” on reddit, but it was too long to post. I blogged instead. TL;DR I cannot in good faith recommend Vim to a new developer, even though I use it. Vim: The Editor You Need To Read (At Least) Two Books On To Use Well Vim is not a more efficient editor for regular text editing. It’s not going to make you type faster. For the first 1-2 yea