In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with TJ DeVries about his work on Neovim, programming in Lua, the benefits of RPC, live streaming your work day, and PDE.

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Show Notes

00:36 Welcome
01:13 Guest introduction
Teej_dv on Twitter
TJ Devries
Teej_DV on Twitch
TJ on YouTube
Telescope on GitHub
Neovim on GitHub
Syntax 508 with The Primeagan
03:15 The difference between Vim and Neovim
06:14 Why did you choose to write in Lua?
Lua
Luajit
13:26 What is adapative UI in Neovim?
17:38 Lunarvim and alternatives
Fvim
LunarVim
20:24 Personalized development environment PDE
PDE
Firenvim
22:40 Sponsor: FireHydrant
23:21 Benefits of RPC
30:34 Is working on Neovim your job?
Sponsor Neovim
Sourcegraph
31:30 What is your approach to streaming?
34:11 Did you go to school for computer science?
39:12 Sponsor: Gatsby
39:46 Supper Club questions
System76
Pop
Dactyl Manuform Keyboard Kit
Jetbrains Mono
49:52 Sponsor: Hasura
50:47 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

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