Oh definitely. Almost 30 year Emacs user here. When I saw what was happening with productivity leaps like swiper and helm, and Spacemacs working to make Emacs look nicer without turning it into another CUA+TEXTAREA also-ran, I called it the Emacs Renaissance!

A lot of times I’ve noticed people arguing that some nice thing in Emacs “could be” implemented in their chosen editor. I think they underestimate the value difference between that and “has been” implemented.