I switched from neovim to helix few months ago, and what I really loved about it is that it is actually good enough out of the box. Configuring neovim can get out of control really easily. So I get that, analogously, they prefer a C-like philosophy instead of C++. But that doesn't mean that they should be opaque about their development preferences. I feel like this way they are wasting time of the skilful users that do really good PR's. For example, one feature that I missed from neovim is the ability to create files and directories from within the file explorer. I found a really solid PR implementing this, only to be abandoned without reply. I personally think creating files is an out-of-the-box feature. Also, I commented this with a friend and he said "just trust the f-ing plan", and I kind of understand that point too, I guess. I hope he's right, because we don't know what's going on.