I do agree that Spacemacs, although it's a fairly full featured environment that mimics Vim's modal editing, it's true power cannot be fully exploited unless you know Emacs. There are just too many edge cases with the integrations that can make the experience painful.
I mostly stick with Vim now since I can easily work through any issues I do encounter with the plugins, and there's no extra layers to worry about.
I mostly stick with Vim now since I can easily work through any issues I do encounter with the plugins, and there's no extra layers to worry about.