"Before AI, knowing vim keybindings was enough to look like a good developer"
zack_overflow · x · 2026-11-09
Developer zackoverflow jokes that before AI, simply knowing vim keybindings was enough to make people think you were a good developer — a jab at how AI coding tools have devalued ritual "skill signals" in engineering culture.
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