Show HN: I built a little browser game to practice Vim commands
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I made hjkl to help myself remember Vim commands. It’s a little browser game you can play when you want to unwind and get a bit of Vim practice in. There are still a lot of commands I want to add, but I hope someone finds it useful in the meantime :)
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Show HN: I built a little browser game to practice Vim commands was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 3, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 120 checks on 5 different days, across 2 lists (Hacker News · Front page, Hacker News · Show HN · this week). Its best position was #18 of 30, reached on Nov 3, 14:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 8, 16:50 UTC.
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| Hacker News · Show HN · this week | #18 | 4 | 81 |
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For all of the ciw examples, ce is easier since the cursor is at the first letter of the word. Where dw works, this game teaches vlllld instead, which is a bad habit to teach. Ctrl+A increments the first number after the cursor, which is easier than, say, f6r7 in cases where they do the same thing. Similarly, Ctrl+X…
I did the first challenge or exercise, but I was honestly a little surprised that Vim motions aren't able to be used to choose the next exercise(s) in the sidebar that becomes visible. That could potentially be something that the player unlocks later on as well.
I have considered getting into Vim a couple of times because it always seemed like the thing to do, but never did. It does not make sense to me that I should use an editor I need to study and practice for. It can't possibly that much more efficient, especially given that usually speed is not the limiting factor for…
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Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 8, 16:50 UTC, after 5 days of trending.
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It was first seen on Nov 3, 2026 and has been on the list on 5 days (120 checks) since.
72 points and 57 comments; submitted by dh1011 on Nov 3, 2026.