Why hackers moved from VS Code to Vim
2 hackers described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“Multi-cursor was the first plugin I installed when I moved from VSCode to Vim”worksonmine, 2026-03-07original comment ↗
“Switched from VS Code to Vim.”dawidg81, 2026-02-01original comment ↗
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VS Code vs Vim
| VS Code | Vim | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 8 | 4 |
| Hackers who criticize | 14 | 2 |
| Moved away from it | 15 | 6 |
| Moved to it | 6 | 3 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of VS Code
“personally switched from VS Code to herdr (with some custom plugins), and couldn't be happier.”falcor84, 2026-10-29original comment ↗
“This is the reason why I switched from VSCode to nvim (AstroNvim to be specific).”Ronsenshi, 2026-06-28original comment ↗
“Recently ditched VSCODE completely and switched from development on local machine to remote "vps" cloud.”throwaway888abc, 2026-06-05original comment ↗
“I switched from VSCode to Zed, which has a helix mode built-in and it works very well.”16bitvoid, 2026-05-13original comment ↗
“using vscodium instead of vscode is again justified.”RandyOrion, 2026-05-03original comment ↗
Praise for Vim
“I'm glad I suffered a bit with Linux it taught me vim and resilience and using the command line / shell”bsergean, 2026-09-15original comment ↗
“Playing this felt like when I first switched from Visual Studio to Vim.”lasgawe, 2026-03-20original comment ↗