Have you really saved time, though? I know next to nothing about elisp, yet I can be perfectly productive with Spacemacs. Being able to edit my .spacemacs file and add a functional layer for an entirely new programming language with sane defaults seriously beats fighting configuration files to do the same thing anyways.
This sort of 'configure your own' extremist software purity movement is great for some people, but if you want a setup that meets your needs 95% of the time, and works well, Spacemacs is great. I'm sure learning to configure your own vimrc has been a rewarding experience, but I don't think you can really argue it's a time saving measure.
This sort of 'configure your own' extremist software purity movement is great for some people, but if you want a setup that meets your needs 95% of the time, and works well, Spacemacs is great. I'm sure learning to configure your own vimrc has been a rewarding experience, but I don't think you can really argue it's a time saving measure.