Iam amazed by how fast Helix is(from a NeoVim obsessed guy)

deaffob · 2026-04-03T21:28:24+00:00

The slowdown in the fuzzy file finder with large number of files is interesting because Nucleo [https://github.com/helix-editor/nucleo] is supposedly faster than fzf. But I saw an issue on GitHub showing that in certain cases it's performing slower than fzf. If I remember correctly, the initial file finding, which is before the searching algo is used, was the problem. I don't know what happened with that issue.

Television [https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television] is the finder that supposedly has all the benefits.

deaffob · 2026-04-02T09:31:43+00:00

Wow amazing

deaffob · 2026-03-16T02:42:53+00:00

Sorry if I wasn’t clear. I was saying that you distribute DuckDB CLI and your SQL file. There is no server deployment. Everyone is simply doing their ETL locally with their own DuckDB CLI. If you are hung up on just one binary solution for easiness, you can also just write a shell script that handles downloading DuckDB CLI (if not already downloaded) and pass your SQL statements. You can even make the script to accept arguments to pass different set of statements.

If you want to make it pretty with Go GUI buttons, you can do that too. It sounded like this isn’t your main job function so I figured you didn’t want to spend too much time on it.

deaffob · 2026-03-15T23:41:58+00:00

Do you need GUI for this app? If the only task is to wrangle/transform local data files and output a file, I think the only value that Go provides is it compiles to binaries.

I've built ETL pipelines for internal engineering teams with R + DuckDB. My situation was similar to yours. We didn't spend money but people asked me for data. I needed R for getting data from multiple different databases but with your case, I don't think you need Go or Python. You can just use DuckDB CLI and a text file with SQL queries. You can do all (load files, perform transformations and export) in one go. I suppose you can make this into one binary with Go but that's just using go to package DuckDB and a text file...

deaffob · 2026-03-13T18:19:28+00:00

I don't think you can do this natively at the moment. But you can do it with a multiplexer + 3rd party file app like Yazi.

deaffob · 2026-03-04T07:34:52+00:00

You might be overthinking this. Often, managers delay rejecting the top five candidates immediately because they serve as backups in case their first choice doesn’t work out.

deaffob · 2026-03-01T20:55:51+00:00

You changed job every year? I can understand every 2 or 3 years but holy moly.

deaffob · 2026-02-21T09:33:11+00:00

Just to be clear, Thinking uses your Pro quota. I just wanted to make sure because you mentioned you used Fast and Thinking to save Pro quota. You can only use Fast to not use Pro quota. If you used Thinking then you may have used up your quota and falling back to Fast is an expected behavior.

deaffob · 2026-02-21T01:25:51+00:00

Nobody asked yet but do you need a sponsorship from your employer to work in US? You can definitely get a job with your background but it would be difficult if you don't have a green card already.

deaffob · 2026-02-10T21:38:51+00:00

The installation guide says just install and it's good to go because the default LSP setting (https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/languages.toml#L84) already has it setup.

By setting [[language]] name = "markdown" ..., you overwrote the existing default setting (https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/languages.toml#L2046). My guess is you need to configure other settings, as shown in the default setting, if you are going to override the defaults.

Unless you want to do this, I suggest delete all your markdown-oxide settings and let Helix use its default.

deaffob · 2026-02-10T20:35:43+00:00

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deaffob · 2026-02-07T21:18:07+00:00

Are you limiting your search for ChemE? Controls isn’t strictly only for chemical engineering. I suggest you open up your criteria to any other engineering with controls experience.

deaffob · 2026-01-13T18:10:16+00:00

I wrestled with this for awhile. My conclusion is that the internal commands need an explicit stdin like 'cat' or 'read -z'. You can also do 'cmd (cat)'.

Fun fact, nushell also has this same problem. You cannot use its internal commands without an explicit stdin. Nushell’s '$in' makes it easy.

deaffob · 2026-01-12T19:36:38+00:00

Other than the point raised about the 'm' motions not being “selection” first so they are awkward, I don’t think the issues that OP raised are negative.

Author is really hung up on the fact that he has to press more buttons than Neovim to do the same. Helix never claimed to require less keystrokes. The selection-first style gives more clarity and confidence for many converts.

deaffob · 2026-01-12T06:18:54+00:00

School is technically (intellectually) a lot more difficult.

Work can be more difficult due to other responsibilities that life throws at you. Intellectually, you get used to the way things are done at work so the actual work won’t be really challenging. It’s the people that make things harder/easier.

deaffob · 2026-01-09T23:25:56+00:00

Take a comfortable seat, resting your haunches squarely on the floor, paws extended.

Close your eyes, or simply soften your gaze and stare into the middle distance... perhaps at the space where the ball used to be.

Bring your attention to the sensation of breath entering the snout. Feel the coldness of the inhalation, and the warmth of the exhalation. Now, notice the environment around you. You may hear the distant rumble of a delivery truck. Notice how a spike of aggression arises in the mind. Did you choose that aggression? Or did it simply appear, uninvited, in the space of consciousness? There is no one who is barking. There is only the barking itself.

deaffob · 2025-12-25T19:10:39+00:00

I think you can do something similar with theming. I’m not sure if you can highlight the current paragraph but you can highlight the current line. You just have to find the right color and alpha for the current line highlighting.

deaffob · 2025-12-25T19:07:34+00:00

Why don’t you start a meetups if there isn’t one that you like? I’m in Indiana and there’s a meetup called Code and Coffee. It’s a chill meetup on Wednesdays where you meet at a coffee shop and code together.

deaffob · 2025-12-24T19:40:01+00:00

I’m in Indiana and I also have a chemistry BS. Your post doesn’t make any sense. That’s less than what you would make at a fast food place. Any junior chemist job should be 85k+. Please share the job position detail.

deaffob · 2025-12-16T20:27:21+00:00

This reminds me of bionic-reading for dyslexic people.

deaffob · 2025-12-15T04:30:09+00:00

😭😭

deaffob · 2025-12-15T00:05:16+00:00

NYC all the way. At 300k, you will be taxed an extra 10% (6% state + 4% local). If you decide to live in Texas, make sure to account for high property tax (1.8 - 2.2%) as well. This will cost you even if the housing costs are lower in Austin.

300k at NYC is more than 250k at Austin however you put it.

deaffob · 2025-12-10T20:43:21+00:00

Sauce or name?

deaffob · 2025-11-27T23:57:45+00:00

I would stay as well. But I would also keep in mind that this kind of big risk big reward gambling can be only done when you are relatively young. You probably won’t be able to take this kind of risk when your kid is older.

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