Really glad to see more people switching to meow[0]. It felt extremely right after using and being frustrated by both standard emacs and evil.
I wrote the article [1] linked in the post, so that was really fun to see as well!
Tldr: simplicity, extensibility, kakoune grammar, less modifier usage, dvorak/keyboard compatibility, great multiedit system that obsoletes macros in daily usage
(Disclaimer, i work on meow)