Editor Snobbery Is The Fastest Way To Lose Friends

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Editor Snobbery Is The Fastest Way To Lose Friends

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The ABSOLUTE SUPERIORITY COMPLEX that consumes your soul once you've conquered the ancient text editor Emacs! 💅 One minute you're struggling with keyboard shortcuts that require more fingers than an octopus has tentacles, and the next you're looking at VS Code peasants like they're coding with crayons. The transformation is COMPLETE - you've gone from normal developer to insufferable text editor elitist faster than you can say "M-x butterfly." Your friends will abandon you, but who needs friends when you have customizable keybindings?!

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