Meanwhile, "vi" and "bash" are just always ready. ;-)

Right! I prefer "nano", but basically you're right.

as a hobbyist, it can sometimes be more of a hindrance than a help.

That is annoying, of course.
I only use vscode now. With extensions, you can also use it for any language and no longer need a special development environment. So I can do Python, Javascript and everything for html pages in one environment.

for some reason it still feels like I shouldn't be publishing the account names in a post.

That depends on the purpose, of course. For your weekly statistics, for example, I don't think the accounts are needed. But maybe you need them some day... :-)