One should learn Emacs because the bash readline editor uses Emacs key bindings by default. You will be more efficient on every computer you ever ssh into if you know ctrl-a, ctrl-k, ctrl-y etc etc.

If you are uninterested in doing the work necessary to get the other benefits that Emacs can give you, you can stop at the tutorial and use VS Code for programming.

This is great stuff, good article that covers useful information.

The temptation now is to compare their config with my own, but I'm trying to avoid Emacs Yak Shaving lately. It's all too easy to get sucked in!