I recently switched to vscode after using vim for over 2 decades. Perhaps I am just getting older, however I now find that hitting 5j or 12k as in the article steals some cognitive bandwidth. I still use vim for looking at log files and quick edits e.g. to config files, and went mode-less for more free form editing like coding.

It may be slower and less efficient to hit the down key 5 times or alt+right a few times however it is also mindless and doesn't take any mental bandwidth. YMMV of course.