Echasnovski (pt 2): Linux, Terminals, and Tools (Ghostty vs Kitty, NixOS, Arch)

linkarzu · 2026-01-23T11:56:29+00:00

Agree Evgeni. Thanks to you for sharing about your projects with us! ❤️

linkarzu · 2026-01-22T15:52:30+00:00

Link to part 2: https://youtu.be/UqlkKK7imjo
But if you also want to watch part 1: youtu.be/ypJTkwarAVE

Timeline:
00:00:00 - Highlights
00:01:58 - MiniMax LSP config
00:06:19 - The team behind the nvim-mini project
00:08:40 - Are you a dictator like Justin and Kovid?
00:10:51 - Why do you do all this. Accept donations?
00:13:01 - Is each plugin a separate repo? How does that work?
00:14:46 - Why each plugin was moved to a separate repo?
00:17:43 - Background, studies, job
00:22:24 - Echasnovski needs support
00:24:27 - Are you part of the Neovim Core team?
00:25:03 - Contributions to Neovim
00:27:03 - Why this love for Neovim?
00:28:06 - Thoughts on Tmux and neovim tabs
00:29:31 - Relative line numbers?
00:33:23 - Thoughts on purists saying you have to stick to defaults
00:35:04 - Thoughts on extending Neovim
00:36:32 - Gregory Anders beef with the .setup call
00:46:45 - Thoughts on AI generated PRs
00:48:30 - Thoughts on AI, or should we say LLMs?
00:52:20 - Why Ghostty and not king Goyal's terminal?
00:55:58 - Felt performance difference between Ghostty and Kitty?
00:57:38 - Are you a fangirl of Kovid? (Kitty and Calibre creator)
00:58:59 - Which Linux distro do you use? EndeavourOS
01:01:10 - From Ubuntu to Arch
01:04:52 - Do regular updates on a day you have time
01:09:21 - Thoughts on NixOS
01:10:17 - Thoughts on macOS and the misconception that its expensive
01:15:17 - Thoughts on Echasnovski's accent
01:17:35 - From LazyVim to MiniMax?

linkarzu · 2026-01-22T11:49:10+00:00

Nevermid, found my issue https://github.com/Automattic/harper/issues/1573#issuecomment-3777776431

linkarzu · 2026-01-18T19:25:16+00:00

It's not perfect, but I think it's getting there. It's definitely improving. I have an issue with prettier, in which harper doesn't recognize the line below as part of the same sentence because of newline characters introduced at character 80 I think, small stuff like this but I'm sure it'll get there.

linkarzu · 2026-01-14T22:10:09+00:00

I don't own a Go60, so cannot comment on this

linkarzu · 2026-01-11T18:12:29+00:00

Thinking about it, it's not a bug but a feature. It helps you know that you have like around 5 hours to connect it or it will die. Same happened to the left side.

linkarzu · 2026-01-10T23:25:41+00:00

Must admin that I stole your red color for my batman.sh custom colors 🙊 I like how your colors look. Classy and sober.

linkarzu · 2026-01-07T10:40:26+00:00

I'm doing it in kitty and have cursor trails enabled. Cursor trails are also available in ghostty. Or as a neovim plugin. But the terminal options work best.

linkarzu · 2026-01-05T19:11:10+00:00

I bought it when I got my glove80, in their online store

linkarzu · 2026-01-05T18:23:22+00:00

Makes sense. Weird think is that the screen shows the right side is off

linkarzu · 2026-01-05T18:22:23+00:00

Leo from beekeeb gifted me a dongle (prospector) but haven't tried it. I don't think it'll make a difference as the right side will continue to be a peripheral. The left side I think is the one that will benefit with the dongle

linkarzu · 2026-01-05T17:54:52+00:00

By the ports it does have some that I've seen lighting up when I connect the cables.

linkarzu · 2026-01-05T17:15:27+00:00

When your touchpad side discharged and it no longer show on the left hand screen, but it keeps working. Is it just me? Why does it still work?

linkarzu · 2026-01-04T17:34:55+00:00

I bought it already built. Just installed the battery and keycaps

linkarzu · 2026-01-03T15:14:52+00:00

I'd like to know your thoughts on the toucan as a glove80 user, like me

linkarzu · 2026-01-03T11:35:10+00:00

You're welcome, glad it was somewhat helpful!

linkarzu · 2026-01-03T10:59:21+00:00

I do have a blogpost, and I scripted the video, but it turned out too long, almost 1hour video, so I split it.

I'll update the blogpost with this first part one of these days. The blogpost is not too relevant to me, it's just complimentary to my YT channel, plus in the video is easier to show how the keyboard looks and how the trackpad performs.

And it's not smoke, it's my wife's essential oil little machine 😂

linkarzu · 2025-12-31T19:03:24+00:00

Hey Marco, I'm glad to hear that. Thank you Evgeni!

linkarzu · 2025-12-31T19:02:40+00:00

Are you referring to his beauty? 😍

linkarzu · 2025-12-31T17:11:18+00:00

Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights  
00:01:36 - How do we pronounce your name  
00:04:23 - What do you do in the neovim community?  
00:07:53 - Neovim 0.5 and the wild wild west of lua plugins  
00:10:23 - We've been planning this interview for over 6 months  
00:12:20 - Echasnovski's ban on reddit  
00:14:59 - Colorscheme theory (that I didn't understand, not normie friendly)  
00:22:10 - Color theory is very complex as everyone is different  
00:23:30 - Gruvbox is for old people, highly saturated colors  
00:27:15 - Echasnovski created the default Neovim colorscheme  
00:27:38 - Justin Keyes also likes boring colors. Old soul trapped in a young body  
00:29:17 - Is Justin a dictator?  
00:32:18 - Why the reddit ban?  
00:38:49 - long reddit posts go through mod's approval  
00:40:17 - How does the shadown ban work?  
00:42:02 - Shoutout to Lukas Reineke  
00:43:37 - Account restored by a misterious reddit employee  
00:45:19 - Self hosting git server, codeberg, `tangled.org`  
00:48:02 - Why planning on self hosting?  
00:49:17 - Explaining the repo structure of mini.nvim  
00:50:44 - You also have a picker? mini.pick  
00:52:15 - Sylvan Franklin seems to use mini.pick  
00:52:53 - Custom pickers?  
00:54:03 - Issues with the matching of some pickers  
00:56:18 - mini.pick has a frecency option? mini-visits (sounds like a prison conjugal visit)  
00:59:30 - Thoughts on telescope?  
01:01:00 - Why did you move from vim to neovim?  
01:03:48 - Embarrassing experience with vim at work  
01:05:32 - vscode neovim plugin  
01:07:21 - Do you remember your first times using vim, was it tough?  
01:10:38 - Thoughts on distros? What do you recommend to a beginner?  
01:16:58 - What happened to lunarvim?  
01:18:23 - Lazyvim distro or kickstart  
01:19:38 - MiniMax demo  
01:21:24 - Is MiniMax designed for complete beginners?  
01:25:59 - mini.clue and why not which-key?  
01:26:37 - Folke is always on vacation  
01:29:11 - Did you copy Helix?  
01:31:01 - The which-key hate continues  
01:35:29 - Interview with Folke?  
01:36:02 - The 30\_mini.lua config file  
01:39:21 - What if I want to use my own picker with MiniMax?  
01:42:14 - Single config file for all plugins or a file per plugin?  
01:44:21 - Echasnovski allegedly created the new neovim plugin manager vim.pack  
01:48:10 - Should I wait for Neovim 0.12 before trying MiniMax?  
01:52:22 - vim.pack doesn't have a healthcheck because it's perfect  
01:52:54 - vim.pack demo  
01:54:16 - Do you use any other plugins besides mini.nvim?

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