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Yes, we are :)

I just published my newly hand-rolled config https://github.com/adityaathalye/dotemacs

At some point if/when I upgrade to 29.1, I will be able to delete some lines such as the ones that install use-package. :)

It's the whole point of Emacs that it's malleable and can (should) be tailored to the own personal users needs.

Wait until you learn about users of that editor called vim.