Ask HN: What's your favorite lightweight utility text editor?

I've been a dedicated Vim user for over 25 years. The keybindings and commands are ingrained in my muscle memory. However, my daily work has shifted to JetBrains IDEs, and I use Obsidian for personal notes. Neither are great options for general lightweight GUI text editing tasks – editing config files, modifying a little pasted text, etc. GVim has been my go-to for decades, but the less I use it as a coding environment, the more I forget its little quirks in configuration and workflow-- I guess I've become a bit spoiled by modern UI niceties. I've decided to move on.

I'm looking for a modern off-the-shelf replacement that's snappy, isn't totally user-hostile, and ideally FOSS-- but I'll happily pay for a truly exceptional product. I'm looking for simple from the usability perspective: anything that involves multiple plugins or significant text configuration rather than having menu-based as-needed options will be a tough sell. I need at least rudimentary syntax highlighting and I'd love vim keybindings.

What lightweight text editor do you swear by? What makes it stand out from the rest? Do you think it might fit my use case? Why or why not?