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A keyboard where "Esc" is not given a prominent place, is not a hacker's keyboard imho.

Also, I'm missing a lambda key.

Every key is remappable and programmable, so Esc (and maybe lambda?) is available as a primary key.

Anyone who's using Esc to return to normal mode isn't a hacker imho.

Sarcams aside (I'm referring to `:imap jj <Esc>`), I would say that sticking to staggering is the real sin here.

I used jk for a long time until I found out that control-C escapes pretty much every mode. No mapping necessary!

You can also use control-[ by the way, without mapping. But a one-key solution has my preference.