Would You Like To Listen To It

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Would You Like To Listen To It

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The perfect Vim soundtrack doesn't exi— Oh wait, it does! A Spotify playlist for Vim users with song titles that perfectly capture the existential crisis of first-time Vim users:

"What Am I Doing Here" - every developer's first thought after accidentally opening Vim

"How Did I Get Here" - the moment of panic sets in as you realize normal keyboard shortcuts don't work

"Can't Get Out" - the universal Vim experience of frantically trying to exit (hint: it's :q!)

"Asdfjkl;" - just random key mashing hoping something works

The 1246 saves represent all the StackOverflow searches for "how to exit vim" that have saved countless developer careers.

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