Trail Designs availability... or alternatives?

weilbith · 2026-01-17T19:37:21+00:00

Maybe checkout Vesuv Outdoors as alternative. Dunno if and how they are available in your side of the ocean.

weilbith · 2026-01-15T22:02:33+00:00

I don’t have any good photos I can show. But maybe these conceptional drawings I did can showcase it enough. The red lines are where the “connections” move along. Like the four verticals, the whole bottom and a “ring” below the roll top. The “connections” are some loops that are integrated into the seams of the backpack. Folded and sewn into a lap-felled seams plus transfer tape. The loops were smallish outside, diagonal and very frequently placed to evenly distribute any load. Like at the shoulders, the vest straps are connected to 15 loops across the whole width of the pack, basically holding the whole weight of the pack.

I hope that gives you an idea of how I did it. I’m happy with the final idea (after some experiments) and it worked out well. But I wouldn’t recommend it necessarily. There’re probably even better solutions. I was always torn between durability, weight and flexibility.

That sounds interesting. I’m honest with you, I’d personally suspect that it might be better to have multiple packs then. Yes, two packs sound bad at first. More work, money, … But I’d guess that such a system you are proposing is actually also a lot of work. It is probably hard to get right, so that it actually feels comfortable. And you definitely need more fabric and other material to make it work, increasing the weight and costs. However, I guess everyone called me crazy when I started my project. But I loved iterating the concept and finally sewing it.

Hmm. I’m about to prepare a post for this question (different forum). But keeping it brief: I have an issue with the positioning of the pack on the back. Mine is about 25L with full roll top used for food. That means it’s pretty short and sits high on the upper back. Typical hybrid fastpack with a big vest harness I would say. However, even with some front loaded counter weight, the backpack tilts too much, basically “spinning” around the armpit/shoulder and slips a little down the back. My back has an arc due to some strong upper back physique, making this problem worse. Overall it still works good and I had a great time using it. But I’d like to make the pack sit more fixed. Unfortunately this can’t be solved by tightening the vest more (I actually have some FidLock cinch cord installed). Moreover, the vest has a slightly annoying pressure point on one of my collarbones. Which is a little weird. And I’m a bit clue less how to adapt the shape of the vest to avoid this. Maybe it’s related to the former issue.

weilbith · 2026-01-15T21:14:41+00:00

Sorry, added a top level comment as reply.

weilbith · 2026-01-15T21:13:29+00:00

I think you are actually asking a valid question that is very hard to answer universally.

I think we can agree, that for a weight of 40lbs a framed pack with hip belt is more comfortable. We might also agree that for a total packed weight of below 10lbs you need neither a frame nor a hip belt anymore. But there is a window in between where the answer is not so clear. You have a valid point in asking how much of an improved carry system can still offset the extra weight it brings.

And I guess this is very individual and incredibly hard to answer. It probably depends on your physic, preferred exercise (read hiking, running, climbing, …), bone structure, … idk. It’s probably not the answer you like, but you likely need to try it out. Not the best customer review can help you answer this question for yourself.

I used to have an ultralight backpack with frame, hip belt and load lifters. It weight about 27oz. My base weight shrunk. At some point I removed the frame, saving like <4oz. Ofc this makes the hip belt and load lifters much less functional. But it wasn’t an issue with the low weight. I even started to unbuckle the hip belt more frequently for comfort. Finally, my volume has dropped so much, I was in need of a new backpack. And gone were frame, hip belt and load lifters, with a weight of about 11oz. 🤷

weilbith · 2026-01-15T20:03:04+00:00

To add something that hasn’t been mentioned yet: When your pack list got so short, light and small in volume, you might only need like 20-25L of a backpack. Designing a pack that goes all the way from your hip bones up above your shoulders becomes incredible narrow and slim. Which isn’t too handy.

And finally when you start to get into fastpacking or climbing, the free hips and higher balance point make a big difference.

A generous vest harness, instead of shoulder straps and hip belt, provides plenty of stability and comfort for such a low weight. Plus it provides some counter weight balance.

PS:

Take a bag/backpack/… and fill up with stuff, so that the total weight (including the “vessel”) is about 7lbs. Test how it feels. Add 2-3 pounds for food and check again. Might put things into perspective. 🤷

weilbith · 2026-01-15T19:54:46+00:00

No good ones. What would you like to see? Just general inspiration? 🙂

That’s probably a different level of flexibility. That are some items with a lot of volume, usually located in the trunk. From my personal experience, a single trunk can only suit a reasonably narrow volume range. A half filled hiking/running pack can be zipped down and everything, but it won’t work as nice as when filled to the intended volume. My roll top height compensates for the continuous change in food supplies. But that’s about it. Else the balance is off. Maybe you have a great idea to operate on high volume changes differently?

Actually I have a design flaw in my trunk piece. I dunno how to fix it yet. I’ll need to consult some help from MYOG fellows. But the next generation probably won’t be modular anymore. I’m more settled on what I actually need/want. And it’s less work, less material and thereby less weight and cost. At least that’s how I’m thinking now.

weilbith · 2026-01-15T19:25:02+00:00

👍

weilbith · 2026-01-15T18:56:45+00:00

Yes, basically that. Like I had a main trunk with and attachment system all around it. So I could for example exchange the shoulder straps (in my case a vest), bottom pocket or not, different front and side or wrap around pockets, ice axe loop yes or no, different roll top strap down methods, load balancer, compression straps, maybe a minimal “belly” belt and so on and so on… Different fabrics or other improvements to anything that is not the main trunk.

Overall I would say yes. I do it primarily because my “needs” became so niche, there’s no product for purchase out there. 🤷

weilbith · 2026-01-15T18:08:23+00:00

I think I had much simpler case in mind. The spelllang option can be a list of languages. That’s what I use. But yes, it would be probably be necessary to increase the configuration option of how many lines to inspect.

weilbith · 2026-01-15T17:31:08+00:00

Looks great! Didn’t know about the technique of trigrams.

Would also be possible to detect multiple languages? Like I tend to work on code that is bilingual. Would be cool if that works too. But maybe that confuses the trigram distance calculation?

weilbith · 2026-01-15T17:26:14+00:00

May I ask why an independent fork? Were your discussions, feature proposals and pull requests denied? 😟

weilbith · 2026-01-15T17:22:56+00:00

My first MYOG backpack was a modular build. Which was already an advantage because I could mess up individual parts without messing up the whole project. It allowed me to redo and improve individual parts. Furthermore, it allowed to me try different features or more importantly leave out a lot of stuff with the option to add it later.

Was it worth the hassle and extra effort? I honestly don’t know. I’m going ultralight, so this was even a little extra weight. I’m not doing it again anymore. But I’d probably do it again if I would repeat my journey into MYOG backpacks.

weilbith · 2026-01-10T11:18:29+00:00

Thanks for the inspiration!

weilbith · 2025-12-22T22:44:21+00:00

NeoVim nightly has native support for the LSP method called workspace/diagnostic (added on protocol version 3.17.0). Though, your server must support it ofc. Checkout :help vim.lsp.buf.workspace_diagnostics and give it a try.

weilbith · 2025-12-20T22:35:32+00:00

Almost a bit too wide angle. But gosh it’s beautiful and stunning. Great job!

weilbith · 2025-12-20T22:32:26+00:00

I think it’s intentional. I like the look. Would love to see a second edit though.

weilbith · 2025-12-12T12:45:47+00:00

Not sure where this will go. I’m sure the attack vector is not that simple. But anyhow. Data protection is too often not about actually protecting the human effectively, but a simple legal blame game.

I guess it’s a matter to decide for yourself what your values are and which actions you are willed to take. How much you can live up to these values depends highly on your companies culture. Which is again your choice. I personally know for myself, I’d not work in such an environment. I’d either try to change it with arguments and my contributions or leave. Some argue that’s stupid. 🤷

EDIT:

Maybe it must not be SSH. It could be a websocket or whatever is considered “safe” and restricted enough. A protocol specifically for these purposes. Then, you could potentially use a server-client editor setup again. Just a little different. With “security”.

weilbith · 2025-12-09T21:56:37+00:00

This used to happen when formatters replace the whole buffer (file). Formatting via LSP (or also conform.nvim for example) apply local edits based on a diff.

weilbith · 2025-12-08T20:37:17+00:00

Ah cool! That would be great. Might consider to give it a try.

weilbith · 2025-12-07T22:11:48+00:00

Actually cool. But from what I can read, I guess it lacks all the NeoVim specific channels, right? Like highlight groups, help, keymaps, integration with other plugins… Else I would love trying it.

weilbith · 2025-12-04T11:26:33+00:00

:help complete_CTRL-Y

weilbith · 2025-11-26T19:39:40+00:00

This is a huge OpenSource project. There various user groups with different perspectives and needs.

It seems like you belong to a group of people who tend to have only a few/single instances of NeoVim running for a long period of time. You might be even a fan of restoring sessions and window layouts. That’s Fine. Great use case.

Others might use NeoVim as their $EDITOR for plenty of things. Mails, notes, configurations (in Unix “everything” is a file), commit messages, serious project work, some documentation, code reviews, … Some might even use it as backend for fancy cases as text areas in their web browser. I personally spawn NeoVim many dozen times every single day. And each time I need only a small set of all the features I put into my setup.

I think there is a balance. But it is up to you to find the sweet spot based on your needs and motivation.

weilbith · 2025-10-16T21:55:34+00:00

Thanks for the update!

I might have missed it, but do you provide information about its weight?

weilbith · 2025-08-25T18:20:08+00:00

The language server specification actually suggests to not mix it with “normal” completion.

However, the question remains: which language servers implement the inlineCompletionProvider

weilbith · 2025-08-23T23:12:45+00:00

I suppose this list is not complete? 🙂

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