I just found out Bram Moolenaar (creator of Vim) recently died.

Vim helped save my career. I used to have a terrible time with RSI in my hands and wrists when using a mouse to navigate IDEs 8+ hours a day. Vim let me work with my fingers on the home row all day and that’s exactly what I needed. I started using Vim about the time I started my business when I was regularly working 100 hours a week. I literally wouldn’t have been able to keep doing that without Vim. The fact that I can still occasionally work 100+ hours in a week like I did this week 15 years later is a testament to just how much Vim has improved my life.

We’re reaching that point in the history of OSS when we will be losing many of the greats more frequently. I hope Bram got to occasionally experience how much of an impact he had on the world and I hope that he felt his contribution was appreciated and that the time he spent working on Vim was worth it.

Rest in Peace Bram. You will be missed.