Ctags are very limited and unpopular. Most people do not use them, by any measurement standard.

Using a text editor without LSP or some form of intellisense in 2026 is in the extreme minority. Pretending otherwise is either an attempted (and misguided) "flex" or just plain foolishness.

> probably half the engineers at my company are just raw dawgin it with either vim or emacs

Both vim and emacs support LSP and intellisense. You can even use copilot in both. Maybe you're just not aware...