Back in my day we had 17 bytes and were damn happy about it!!

Replacing typing speed with editing speed and it’s the same argument.

How is it across multiple files or in projects?

I guess you could argue it doesn’t really matter nowadays tbh.

I mean it’s not doing nothing. It’s an entire js engine running right?

Personally not a fan but being portable to the browser is certainly an advantage in some cases.

People have a weird obsession with typing speed it seems haha

When I’m coding I tend to do more thinking than typing so I don’t see the benefit. Being able to reason about code is much easier with syntax highlighting and go to definition etc.

Vi is the default for Linux and you’re essentially forced to learn it as it may be the only editor on a server you’re working on. Then it feels like Stockholm syndrome.

Always separate where possible. In my experience things can end up a tangled mess really easily.

I’m a big fan of mvvm. Keeps everything separate and simple.