Comment by lloeki

I don't think anyone claims vim motions are superior in absolutes with a straight face.

I like a nearby comment that essentially says "it's not superior for everyone, it's just infinitely better for me; also it doesn't magically make anyone 100x better than the next developer".

I've seen people using IDEs and flying around massive codebases at incredible speeds, all the while they're completely mystified by even the simplest vim editing.

Me? Put me in front of an IDE and painfully witness the absolute grind: I'm a sitting duck; but in Vim I feel like my brain is plugged straight into the computer: I don't even think about my hands, code is conjured just by thinking about it.