I received an email from on the vim_announce mailng list that Bram Moolenaar, VIM creator, died August 3 2023. RIP Bram and condolences to his family and friends.
Vim is the only tool I can't imagine to replace. I could go from Linux to BSD, I could switch shells, I have used many windowing environments, but vim just is.
Vim has been with me all my adult life. I can't imagine using a computer without installing vim at one point or another. It's like an old Swiss army knife you can't live without.
Come to think of it, this man has had a lot more impact on my life than almost anybody else and I didn't even realize it.
I used VIM for years and more recently Neovim. Much of my livelihood is enabled by his work and who knows how many have had their lives positively impacted from his raising of awareness for children in need.