From 4cc9406bc235b6d4978f8c6d332c09d73831982e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Araozu Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 19:28:26 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] en blog: neovim --- src/components/Sidebar.astro | 8 + src/components/index/EnBlogIndex.astro | 32 ++++ src/pages/blog/en/neovim.md | 203 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/pages/index.astro | 2 + 4 files changed, 245 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/components/index/EnBlogIndex.astro create mode 100644 src/pages/blog/en/neovim.md diff --git a/src/components/Sidebar.astro b/src/components/Sidebar.astro index 51b0830..0c781dd 100644 --- a/src/components/Sidebar.astro +++ b/src/components/Sidebar.astro @@ -9,4 +9,12 @@

Human software engineer based in Peru

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+ + My sideprojects + +
diff --git a/src/components/index/EnBlogIndex.astro b/src/components/index/EnBlogIndex.astro new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d54db4e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/components/index/EnBlogIndex.astro @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +--- +import Card from "../Card.astro" + +const allPosts = await Astro.glob("../../pages/blog/es/*.md"); +--- + + +
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+ Artículos acerca de programación y tecnología. +

+ +
    + { + allPosts + .toSorted((x, y) => + x.frontmatter.pubDate > y.frontmatter.pubDate ? -1 : 1, + ) + .map((post) => { + return ( +
  • + {post.frontmatter.pubDate} - + + {post.frontmatter.title} + +
    • + ); + }) + } +
+
+ diff --git a/src/pages/blog/en/neovim.md b/src/pages/blog/en/neovim.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7a292b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/pages/blog/en/neovim.md @@ -0,0 +1,203 @@ +--- +layout: ../../../layouts/BlogLayout.astro +title: My neovim journey +description: | + How did I end up using Neovim full-time? +pubDate: "2024-10-06" +tags: ["tech", "editors", "neovim", "vscode", "intellij"] +image: + url: "https://cdn.fourthwall.com/shops/sh_ec7a76b9-494d-45ce-94fc-960de21133c3/themes/2c4ba4ec-1347-41bf-9c5d-0759caf2c430.png" + alt: "neovim btw" + caption: "Image sourced from neovimbtw.com" +--- + +How does one end up using and loving Neovim? + +## learning to code + +So, in 2017 I began to learn to code at uni, using Java and Eclipse. +And I think that when one is beginning to learn, one does not think +about a lot of things. Like everyone else, I didn't know what an +editor or an IDE was. I just knew that if I pressed the "Run" button, +my Java code would run. + +When learning to code, there are so many things you don't know you need. +Mostly because you can't even get the damn code to compile. And so, +once you become more and more adept while coding, you begin to realize +the deficiencies of your tools. + +Eventualy I had memorized the small section of the stdlib that was +neccesary for my lessons, that Eclipse became a bottleneck. +I would type, wait for the autocomplete to show up, press enter, +and continue. I felt that "wait" lapse was bigger and bigger. + +And at the time, Eclipse was also bad indexing the code. Eclipse +would not recognize some files, parse them properly, etc. Also, +eclipse is just ugly imo. + + +## a vi introduction + +Some months later, basic Java on the bag, I took web programming, +where in 2017 we learned about the highly demanded, next revolution, +perl CGI. And some basic html, css and js ig. + +But that course had the peculliarity that it required us to use `vi`. +Now, by that point I was fairly comfortable using the terminal. Stuff +like `cd`, `mv`, `mkdir`, the basics. And I knew about `nano`. +So when the professor introduced `vi`, it seemed like a weird program. +Why would we waste time to learn modes and bindings and stuff when +nano existed? And we surely were doing our "real" programming on +"real" editors elsewhere, and `scp`ing our code for deploying. +So the time spent on `ssh` was minimal. + +It seemed weird, but, I learned the motions I was required to, +and moved one. Never again I would use such antiquated piece of +"technology". + + +## free (good) shit + +I don't remember when or how (probably reddit), but somewhere +in late 2017 I discovered about IntelliJ IDEA, and its **__FREE__** +package for students! Not being completely happy with eclipse, +I gave it a try. And I was sold (almost) immediately. Autocompletion +was flawless, it was faster than eclipse, and it looked cool imo. +It was perfect for writing my Java code. + +Since I had that student bundle, I began to use JetBrains for everything. +Web programming? WebStorm. Systems programming? CLion. Game dev? +Rider. AI/data science? PyCharm. Life was good. The IDE was slow +to boot up with all the indexing, but afterwards it was (relatively) +fast. At the time (2017-2018) my PC had a core 2 duo cpu with 2gb of RAM, +half of which was dedicated to intellij. + +Eventually I got an i3 6100 cpu and 8gb of ram, and all barriers +to using JetBrains were gone. I saw the rise and fall of Atom, +I tried for a little bit sublime text and visual studio code, +but found they were too basic, too barebones. They barely had syntax +highlighting, no autocomplete, build process, etc. I was sure, +nothing would take me away from JetBrains. I was ready to +pay for the commercial licence once I got a real job. + + +## the devil + +Again, I don't remember exactly when (probably late 2022) but, +I began to try vscode again. +At the time I was obsessed with ricing. I would try new distros +and desktops environments constantly, every 6 months my SSD was clean, +and I was trying some new combo. Eventually I settled on arch btw, +but I still formatted just to change desktop environments. + +I had a little script that created all my folder structure, +installed all the packages I required via `pacman`, and set up many +things. And in that process, installing my JetBrains IDEs was always +the things I dreaded the most. I had many plugins to install and set up. + +At the same time, I was no longer coding as much. That last year of uni +was almost exclusively about documentation, processes, agile, papers, etc. +Code was an afterthought, what mattered was a Word document that said +that you did some code to some arbitrary standard. And I didn't do any +Java anymore. It was all web. + +It must have been then that I didn't bother to use WebStorm. I wanted +something fast, to open it up and start coding, and for shorter sessions. +I began to try using VSCode. And to my surprise, it was alright. + +Like, WebStorm was definitelly better, but vscode was faster, lighter, +it had less features but I didn't use the billion button on intellij anyways. +But for real programming, I would definitely still use jetbrains IDEs. +This is just a stop gap. + +Then, I got into my first job. It was a PHP shop stuck in 1997, doing +live coding on the server. No version control. SQL injections everywhere. +Code was a mess. PHPStorm couldn't help. So I didn't bother. I continue to +use vscode. I used it to rewrite the sites, I used to create a new internal +system, and by that time with all the LSPs getting so much better, +there wasn't really any need for a big ol IDE. Just my editor, and +some LSPs. + + +## the vimagen + +This time I remember how it all began. Late 2023, watching youtube while +having lunch, I was watching the amazing videos of [programmers are +also humans](https://www.youtube.com/@programmersarealsohuman5909). + +Interview with Senior C++ developer. Watching as usual. But youtube +recommended to me this reaction video, from The Primeagen. +It was a funny reaction, but could also feel like this Primeagen guy +had some insight. It wasn't the standard reaction video (which I hate). + +I continued to watch him, and inevitably I learned about neovim from him. +That thing I had used 6 years ago, and he was talking like it was good? +As I watched more and more, I became more and more curious. + +But there was a problem. + + +## custom keyboards and vim motions + +I had a corne keyboard at the time, with my own keyboard layout derived +from dvorak. I wanted to try vim, but I was stuck thinking that I would +have to remap all the key bindings. + +See, at the time I thought of vim motions as a set of, well, finger motions, +that required the qwerty layout. So, to have a similar experience with +my custom layout, I would have to map all the keybindings. + +And honestly the thing that stopped me for a long time was hjkl. +I wanted to rebind them, but I just couldn't find how. Everybody +talked about some `nmap`, or some lua script, I had no clue how +to do it. + +Eventually, I left my job and found a lot of free time. So I decided +to just begin to learn the motions, as they were, however they mapped +into my custom layout. I installed the vim extensions for vscode, +and began to learn. + +After a few months I was ok at it. I was still discovering new motions, +but I had all the basics mastered. I was **blazingly fast**. + +And I discoverd it was true what the vimagen said. Vim motions are an +awesome way to move and edit code. I, too, don't know how there are +people out there that don't use vim motions. + +But, I was still using VSCode. Using the mouse. Using a GUI. I couldn't +fully move to neovim just yet. + +The next challenge with neovim the editor was to use it for more than +1 file at a time. Neovim tutor doesn't talk at all about windows, buffers, +splits, etc. So, I could only use neovim one file at a time. +When playing around it was fine, but when I wanted to work on some side +project it was a pain. + + + +## read the friendly manual + +So, 2 months ago I decided to just use neovim. I decided to read the +friendly manual, and see where things went. I read about windows +and buffers, but it was still hard to move around. That is, until +I read about Telescope. + +I think telescope is the angular stone of my neovim experience. +It allowed me to move around my files, search for files, +search for strings, work with the lsp, and so many things. + + +And so, here I am. Now I exclusively use neovim. I use Mason for intalling +LSPs, have customized my nvim kickstart script, and wrote basic lua +to have my own keybindings. + +And as time goes on, I drift away from IDEs. I now do everything on the +command line, I call the compiler directly, use git commands, etc etc. +I think neovim is the right fit for this way of doing things. But who +knows, maybe I'll find a new, better text editor in the future? (I won't +ever leave vim copium). + + + + + diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro index 0b1ee7f..e9ac694 100644 --- a/src/pages/index.astro +++ b/src/pages/index.astro @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Sidebar from "../components/Sidebar.astro"; import NavigationLayout from "../layouts/NavigationLayout.astro"; import EsBlogIndex from "../components/index/EsBlogIndex.astro"; +import EnBlogIndex from "../components/index/EnBlogIndex.astro"; --- @@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import EsBlogIndex from "../components/index/EsBlogIndex.astro";
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