The problem of these kind of articles is that it shows to people who are unfamiliar with vim how hard is it to use it, and how many plugins you need to make it usable.

But I think that most people who use vim everyday just started with the most basic vim during several months and then they added one plugin, then two, then three.

But plugins are not mandatory in vim, and you don't need to remember all the shorcuts either,

I use vim a lot and I use my mouse for a lot of things in vim, and I don't know how to go 15th line below at the third word of the line because I use the mouse.