We see the "we need to rewrite in X" conversation play out all the time here on HN. Love this take on it.

Yes, we do, but that is not the subject the article is talking about.

From the way so many commentators are refusing to engage with the point expressed in the title I think there is collective denial of the core point, so instead, people are discussing the symptoms rather than the disease that is the subject here.

I love Vim using the spf13-vim distribution. It turns Vim into the best parts of an IDE and keeps it feeling like Vim.