No, I didn't, because emacs is what I use and like. Pick an editor that's over 40 years old and not built out of a web browser. I'm not that fussed which one.
Sure, if you want. I learned it as a party trick and it's been useful here and there (mostly when a remote system gets so confused that ncurses doesn't work properly).
Certainly, it starts quickly and is more responsive than editors built out of web browsers.
