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The Sacred Text Editor Wars

14 hours ago 69.4K views 0 shares

The eternal duality of developer existence! The top panel shows a legendary sword labeled simply "Vi" while the bottom reveals its modern counterpart "Visual Studio Code." It's basically the coding equivalent of choosing between a medieval longsword and a lightsaber. For the uninitiated, Vi is the ancient text editor forged in the fires of 1976, requiring arcane keyboard incantations and mystical commands that separate coding wizards from mere mortals. Meanwhile, VS Code is the shiny, extension-laden Swiss Army knife that practically writes code for you while making coffee. The true comedy? Senior developers clutching both with equal reverence, ready to defend their editor choice to the death. The holy war continues, one keystroke at a time!

Real Man Ide

Programming Gamedev Vim Physics Debugging

4 days ago 60.8K views 0 shares

Ah yes, the ancient stone tablet IDE. Because nothing says "I'm a serious developer" like carving your collision detection algorithms into limestone. Modern IDEs with their "syntax highlighting" and "error detection" are clearly for the weak. Real programmers chisel their bugs directly into rock so they're permanent, just like their technical debt.

I Dont Remember This Scene

Vim Devops Programming Linux Debugging

8 days ago 91.3K views 1 shares

When your production server is infected with malware and the only way to communicate with the outside world is through Vim commands! That hazmat suit isn't protecting them from a virus - it's protecting them from the absolute horror of not being able to exit Vim. The desperate "ESC :q!" is the universal distress signal of developers trapped in the terminal abyss. Some say they're still trying to save and quit to this day...

Vi/Vim Looking For Ve/Ver

Vim Bash Programming Linux

8 days ago 84.4K views 0 shares

Oh my gosh, this is peak text editor humor! 😂 The brain sees "vi/vim" and immediately thinks it's pronouns like "he/him" or "they/them" instead of the legendary text editor! It's like your programmer brain has been hijacked by social media formatting! Now I'm imagining Vim users introducing themselves: "Hi, I'm Alex, vi/vim, and I've been trying to exit for 3 years." The struggle is real when your text editor identity becomes part of your social identity!

Bash Script Never Heard Of It

Vim Bash Programming Linux

8 days ago 88.5K views 0 shares

Ah yes, the classic "just use confidence" advice that falls apart when facing Vim. The top panel shows VS Code, React, and Node.js giving that smooth reassurance like they're the cool kids at school. Meanwhile, the bottom panel reveals the horrifying reality of a developer trying to exit Vim for the first time. No amount of confidence prepares you for that moment when you realize :q! might as well be ancient hieroglyphics. The "Are you sure?" is just Vim's way of saying "You sweet summer child, you have no power here."

I Use Vim Btw

Vim Devops Programming Linux

10 days ago 69.0K views 1 shares

The ultimate programmer flex: telling someone to "use vim keys" instead of arrow keys. This meme perfectly captures the elitism of Vim users who navigate with hjkl and look down on the peasants using arrow keys. The reply "Skill issue" is the programming equivalent of "git gud" - because obviously your testosterone levels are directly proportional to your ability to memorize keyboard shortcuts from the 1970s. Next time someone complains about tiny arrow keys, just stroke your neckbeard and whisper " I use Vim btw " while maintaining uncomfortable eye contact.

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Programming AI Vim StackOverflow Debugging

12 days ago 101.4K views 0 shares

The glorious devolution of programmers in one perfect meme! Back in the day, developers were apparently coding demigods who wrote flawless code without AI assistance, built entire games in Assembly (because apparently pain was recreational), crafted mission-critical code for literal rocket science, and fixed memory leaks by manipulating pointers like digital surgeons. Fast forward to today's reality: we're all just brain-melted zombies Googling how to center divs, begging ChatGPT to fix our syntax errors, getting permanently trapped in Vim like it's some kind of developer purgatory, and introducing three new bugs while fixing one. The perfect representation of how we've gone from programming titans to helpless tech gremlins dependent on Stack Overflow life support. The most painful part? This is exactly the kind of self-deprecating humor we all share on LinkedIn while pretending we're still the "Devs Then" in our job applications.

Obsidian Cares About The Sanity Of Its Users

Vim Programming Linux

12 days ago 88.3K views 0 shares

Obsidian Cares About The Sanity Of Its Users

This is Obsidian's way of saying "Are you really sure you want to enter the Hotel California of text editors?" The Vim confirmation dialog is basically the digital equivalent of those warning signs before roller coasters that say "People with heart conditions should not ride." Obsidian knows once you enter Vim mode, there's a 90% chance you'll be frantically Googling "how to exit vim" in about 30 seconds. That red warning text might as well say "Abandon hope all ye who enter here" because nothing says user-friendly like an editor where the most searched command is how to quit the damn thing. It's the text editor equivalent of a relationship status: "It's complicated."

Me Too Friend

Linux Cloud

15 days ago 71.4K views 1 shares

Content I Am Devloper @iamdevloper Following I've been using Vim for about 2 years now, mostly because I can't figure out how to exit it. * Reply 47 Retweet * Favorite *** More RETWEETS FAVORITES 4,846 2,105 4:56 AM - 18 Feb 2014

Best Security Ever...

Linux Cloud

15 days ago 92.3K views 0 shares

Content Putting a lockscreen password on your computer Encrypting your hard drive Getting a laptop and bringing it with you wherever you go so you never have to leave it unattended Leaving Vim open whenever you leave your computer

Then Andnow

Linux

18 days ago 20.5K views 0 shares

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Content Programmers 1960s Programmers 2020 E stackoverflow (0110 With this software we shall fly to the moon and back Halp me pliz, I can't exit vim.

Okay Fine Vim Is Not That Bad