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> 1. I just can't keep up with Vim wizards, they dart around a file at the speed of thought and I can't keep track of what they're doing.

My rule of thumb when there's this level of knowledge disparity is that the person who doesn't know what they're doing is the only one allowed to touch the keyboard. That way the knowledgeable person is forced to slow down and explain until the other person actually understands what they're intending.



This is a good rule.




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