ChatGPT

VIM WINS

vim7/10

vs code3/10

“🔥 Ask ChatGPT to choose and it practically yelled vim.”

Gemini

VS CODE WINS

vim7/10

vs code9/10

“🙄 Vim is for those who like to suffer for their art; VS Code is for professionals who actually need to ship things.”

Claude

VS CODE WINS

vim8/10

vs code9/10

“🎮 Vim is the philosophical warrior who refuses to leave the 1990s, while VS Code is the golden retriever of text editors—friendly, useful, and somehow making everyone forget their first love.”

Perplexity

VIM WINS

vim3/10

vs code2/10

“😴 Perplexity had lukewarm takes on both. Zero passion.”

Both are hanging on — barely.

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