What's so special about Emacs? [video]

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Post by floathub » Tue, May 19, 2026, 11:36 AM UTC

What's so special about Emacs? [video]
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Re: What's so special about Emacs? [video]

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Post by 0Calories » Tue, May 19, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC

Really enjoyed the format and conciseness of this video. As somebody who started my career developing with visual IDEs, I never got why the more senior folks in the industry tend to stick to 30-something year old tools like emacs, but this 8min video made me eager to give it a shot myself. Would love to see more content from you OP, maybe a guide on how to train to achieve your wpm? Haha

Re: What's so special about Emacs? [video]

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Post by floathub » Tue, May 19, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC

0Calories wrote: post #2

Really enjoyed the format and conciseness of this video. As somebody who started my career developing with visual IDEs, I never got why the more senior folks in the industry tend to stick to 30-something year old tools like emacs, but this 8min video made me eager to give it a shot myself. Would love to see more content from you OP, maybe a guide on how to train to achieve your wpm? Haha

Thanks.

Not the original author, but I agree completely with the sentiment that it is good way to get across what's special about Emacs in a relatively short amount of time.