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I switched to Neovim from Sublime Text after trying copilot in Sublime, feeling sad, and then watching The Primeagen and his glorious mustache for too long. Os

by sunir 2y ago

I switched to Neovim from Sublime Text after trying copilot in Sublime, feeling sad, and then watching The Primeagen and his glorious mustache for too long. Ostensibly I wanted to be able to code on the production server like a miscreant with the same tools as my laptop. However I just wanted to regain command of my dev environment after years not coding. I also reorganized the furniture in my office and got weirder lighting to make it hacker friendly. I bought a new desk to solder electronics. Most people know me as a partnerships marketer or product manager but I am a compsci at heart. This made me happy.

contact9879 2y ago
i've been attempting to switch to neovim off and on for about a year now. VS Code is so much much easier to get started with though. And adding support for a new language is just an extension-install away.
- sunir 2y ago
  That’s fair. I can’t use vs code on the server was my logic. But also it was a hacking challenge.
  - SonOfLilit 2y ago
    Why not really? Remote editing through ssh is vscode's superpower!
    - sunir 2y ago
      There’s no reason. I just wanted to be cool and use neovim! Lol :)
fransje26 2y ago
So, how was the switch to Neovim? Which plugins did you settle on?
- sunir 2y ago
  I used nvchad and I am configuring it from there. Here’s my fork. https://github.com/sunir/NvChad https://github.com/sunir/NvChad Overall I still think I am faster in sublime text. I get stuck in the different modes. I find shift select and grep to be pretty frustrating. However I will muscle through this. Every challenge is another set of vim stuff to learn. I have faith I will love it later.
akdor1154 2y ago
Neovim — as good for a mid-life crisis as a Porsche, and a fair bit cheaper.
- sunir 2y ago
  True. My friend is selling electrified retromodded Porsches. I want one but I am poor. However I can salve my ego spending a day flipping through neovim colour themes.

by sunir 2y ago

contact9879 2y ago

i've been attempting to switch to neovim off and on for about a year now. VS Code is so much much easier to get started with though. And adding support for a new language is just an extension-install away.

sunir 2y ago
That’s fair. I can’t use vs code on the server was my logic. But also it was a hacking challenge.
- SonOfLilit 2y ago
  Why not really? Remote editing through ssh is vscode's superpower!
  - sunir 2y ago
    There’s no reason. I just wanted to be cool and use neovim! Lol :)

fransje26 2y ago

So, how was the switch to Neovim? Which plugins did you settle on?

sunir 2y ago
I used nvchad and I am configuring it from there. Here’s my fork. https://github.com/sunir/NvChad https://github.com/sunir/NvChad Overall I still think I am faster in sublime text. I get stuck in the different modes. I find shift select and grep to be pretty frustrating. However I will muscle through this. Every challenge is another set of vim stuff to learn. I have faith I will love it later.

akdor1154 2y ago

Neovim — as good for a mid-life crisis as a Porsche, and a fair bit cheaper.

sunir 2y ago
True. My friend is selling electrified retromodded Porsches. I want one but I am poor. However I can salve my ego spending a day flipping through neovim colour themes.