I use a variety of editors is a ad-hoc way, mostly because for any specific ad-hoc task, one or the other makes it easier to do. For example, creating a scratch buffer (note, not *scratch*) is just easier in BBEdit than Emacs, because all I do is open it and there it is. That said, I do most of my programming in Pycharm these days, and I don't regret it.

As for emacs, I use it just about every day, and I think one of the best things about it is that Emacs will be Emacs whether its 2021, or 2031. Its a lifelong tool for a hopefully long life.