How Did Vim Become So Popular

A short walk through Vim’s origins and why is Vim so popular today

You probably heard of Vim, the almighty text-editor that is everywhere and a place where people get trapped from time to time. If you are hearing from your local DevOps engineer how Vim is excellent and fast, you probably thought about giving it a try. But how did it come to this? How did Vim-craze take over the world at some point?