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  • I think you got it. The op was probably fixating on the biggest impact that they can see, but that’s going to vary by community and who is reading this.

    Also huge shocker, diverse groups of people also need to be mindful of this shit.

    It’s the reason good “DEI” policies are important. If you just start hiring people from more diverse backgrounds (good) then have them land in a toxic work environment with 0 support (bad) then they’re not likely to thrive.









  • Just get used to

    • using movement (hjkl),
    • going between insert and normal modes (i and esc),
    • undoing (u from normal mode),
    • and saving (:w and :wq).

    Don’t try to do it all at first, just get comfortable with the essentials. You can even just stay in insert mode (the only mode in most editors) at first.

    Keep a vim basics cheat sheet handy for a couple weeks as you’re building in muscle memory, then slowly work in more advanced techniques and combinations.

    It doesn’t take long before you start having a lot of fun just manipulating text.

    PS here’s a decently basic cheat sheet I found: image describing basic vim keyboard bindings and commands