Your editor configuration is the biggest project in your life

I've been thinking about whether to use a distribution (like Spacemacs1, doom-emacs2) or to use my own configurations (dsdshcym/.emacs.d).

Watch this talk if you are facing the similar problem as I'm.

  • What are the attributes of a good editor?
    1. Community
    2. Extensibility
    3. Portability
  • How to spot a bad editor?
    1. Close sourced
    2. Bad plugins
    3. Bad docs
  • Your editor configuration is the biggest project in your life

-- from LinuxDays 2017 - Why good editors refuse to die - David Bečvařík - YouTube