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Learning Vim, modal editing, and keyboard efficiency.
July 2026
Why hjkl? Blame a terminal from 1978
2026-07-173 min readBeginner
The strangest thing about Vim has a boring explanation — and a surprisingly good reason to keep it.
Vim is a language, not a list of shortcuts
2026-07-173 min readIntermediate
Most people learn Vim as trivia and quit. It's a grammar — verbs, nouns, counts — and it takes an afternoon.