kakoune is the best text editor that you
shouldn't use unless
you know who you are.
this video inspired me to switch to kakoune as my text editor. it is what i used to write this website from scratch. just like how and why people use arch linux, kakoune has the allusive effect of making you feel superior because you happened to use, read or know about something that nobody (that you meet) has ever used, read, or known about. aside from that the kakoune experience is limiting unlike helix or nvim it comes with little in the box and you have to use copious amounts of plugins to get the same level of polish. Without that, it is still very good at what it is doing maybe too good...