Sure, I use VSCode and Intellij and all the beautiful modern IDEs. But I use them with Vim keybindings turned on. Because extremely common things that you do while programming are extremely quick for me to do with vim commands.
ci" == delete everything within these quotes, and put me in insert mode.
vi{:%s/old_var_name/new_var_name/g == rename a variable within a block
qaI"<ESC>A",<ESC>jq == make a new macro to quote a line of text and add a comma at the end. Great for taking a bunch of strings I've copied from a text file and putting them into a list in code. But the point here is not this specific macro; I can do all sorts of minor text processing macros for the dumb thing I have to do, and not manually process 100 lines of text to turn it into a piece of json.
That's funny - I'd have thought using arrow keys would help prevent RSI 'cos you're having to move your whole arm out of a static position. (Or maybe you don't? Do you just twist your wrist in an awkward position?)
ci" == delete everything within these quotes, and put me in insert mode. vi{:%s/old_var_name/new_var_name/g == rename a variable within a block qaI"<ESC>A",<ESC>jq == make a new macro to quote a line of text and add a comma at the end. Great for taking a bunch of strings I've copied from a text file and putting them into a list in code. But the point here is not this specific macro; I can do all sorts of minor text processing macros for the dumb thing I have to do, and not manually process 100 lines of text to turn it into a piece of json.