Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34012 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #4640 / 7513
  • Number of attempts: 1
Counting in binary - 556 entries

"a" represents 0; "A" represents 1. Start from zero and count to 15.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 43
  • Position: #90 / 118
  • Number of attempts: 2
Minimalist Limerick - 539 entries

Reproduce this lovely poem.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #104 / 177
  • Number of attempts: 1
The name of the game - 696 entries

End up with the name of the game.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #341 / 369
  • Number of attempts: 2
Remove noise from HTTP log - 758 entries

This piece of log (from the year 2000) contains some irrelevant data. We only want to see the HTTP method and resource.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #225 / 281
  • Number of attempts: 1
Shebangs for all - 2101 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #383 / 532
  • Number of attempts: 2
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