When programmers call themselves craftsmen or artisans, I can agree that we are. At the same time though, some of these programmers underestimate what craftsmanship actually means.
The good, the bad and the ugly.
History and effective use of Vim
This article is based on historical research and on simply reading the Vim user manual cover to cover. Hopefully these notes will help you (re?)discover core functionality of the editor, so you can abandon pre-packaged vimrc files and use plugins more thoughtfully.