NetBSD added a new Emacs-like editor: atto. It's actually been around for years, but is legit: tight, sub 2000SLOC codebase, utf-8 support, syntax highlighting, sub 60k executable. I can literally clone, compile, and install it in less than 1 second:

rpdillon@pop-os:~$ START=$(date +%s%3N)
git clone https://github.com/hughbarney/atto.git
cd atto
make
cp atto ~/.local/bin/atto
ls -lh ~/.local/bin/atto
ldd ~/.local/bin/atto
END=$(date +%s%3N)
ELAPSED=$((END - START))
echo "Elapsed: $((ELAPSED / 1000)).$((ELAPSED % 1000)) seconds"
Cloning into 'atto'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 604, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (32/32), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (25/25), done.
remote: Total 604 (delta 11), reused 16 (delta 7), pack-reused 572 (from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (604/604), 336.57 KiB | 3.30 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (415/415), done.
cc -O -Wall -c command.c
cc -O -Wall -c display.c
cc -O -Wall -c gap.c
cc -O -Wall -c key.c
cc -O -Wall -c search.c
cc -O -Wall -c buffer.c
cc -O -Wall -c replace.c
cc -O -Wall -c window.c
cc -O -Wall -c complete.c
cc -O -Wall -c hilite.c
cc -O -Wall -c main.c
cc  -o atto command.o display.o gap.o key.o search.o buffer.o replace.o window.o complete.o hilite.o main.o -lncursesw
-rwxrwxr-x 1 rpdillon rpdillon 57K 2026-11-01 01:13 /home/rpdillon/.local/bin/atto*
        linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007df3e95d1000)
        libncursesw.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.6 (0x00007df3e9555000)
        libtinfo.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6 (0x00007df3e9523000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007df3e9200000)
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007df3e95d3000)
Elapsed: 0.746 seconds

Modern computers are insanely fast.