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From 2010 but very well written.

If memory serves me right, this is the blog post that got me into vim when it first made the rounds.

Prior to that I was just another developer googling "how do I quit vi."

Same—this was the article that got me over the hump and started using Vim.

Also, his .vimrc file is epic. It’s a little dated now but it shows how deeply Vim can be customized, in ways that most editors cannot.

Corrected the title.