Linkarzu Podcast | Neovim, macOS, Emacs, Linux, Terminals and more.

Sylvan Franklin (aka ‘Vimothée Chalamet) talking about Typst (and demoing it), Vim, content creation, tech hot takes, and why you have to earn his YouTube heartsLink to the video:https://youtu.be/111x2xidPaQWhat's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enoughTimeline:00:00:00 - Highlights00:01:15 - U get the reference? Only for men of culture00:02:04 - Vimothée name00:03:09 - Why did you get started with Vim?00:05:50 - How old are you?00:06:12 - What's this thing about the pyramid schemes on your website?00:08:07 - GitHub profile00:09:23 - Corporate Linkedin?00:11:36 - Thoughts on current content out there?00:13:42 - The average guy can't buy a mac, that's why they "love" linux so much (his words, not mine)00:16:04 - I see a lot of Vim in our videos, so are you into vim or neovim?00:19:25 - Compatibility via SSH on servers, should you install Neovim on a corporate server?00:21:45 - How do you feel about over-edited videos, do they distract you?00:23:50 - Why don't you reply to every comment, do you selectively give hearts out so they feel touched by God?00:25:38 - Thoughts on sponsorhips?00:27:18 - What about high striped socks for your audience?00:28:56 - Fireship was aquired by a private equity firm?00:35:18 - Thoughts on promoting and helping small channels?00:36:21 - Why did you start with youtube?00:38:59 - Where are you from? Vermont. Is that where Prime is from?00:40:05 - Muricans, let's stop calling it America, and use United States00:40:46 - Have you seen the piratesoftware drama?00:41:23 - Thoughts on drugs, alcohol and substance abuse?00:50:07 - Sylvan talking about his parents00:52:33 - Have you watched the Beautifol Boy movie by Timothée Chalamet?00:54:05 - Any thougts on a supreme being (God)00:58:43 - What does GenZ believe in?01:00:28 - What do your parents and family think about your YouTube journey?01:01:14 - Do we have a lot of self-diagnosed ADHDers out there right now? Is it a trend?01:03:47 - Thoughts on Adderall and medication01:08:22 - Are we over stimulated with social media and stuff?01:10:24 - YouTube studio app?01:12:29 - Do we all watch videos on 1.5 or 2 speed? What do you use to edit videos?01:14:13 - What are you studying? What does a Math Major do?01:18:51 - Why mac and not Linux?01:24:12 - Thoughts on Windows?01:25:37 - Any plans to switch to Linux in the future?01:29:23 - Friends think about your channel and IT passion?01:30:53 - Did Prime's reaction increase your subs?01:31:52 - Do looks impact your percentage of female youtube audience?01:33:41 - Thoughts on Prime's harpoon?01:36:27 - Thoughts on Tmux? Uses tmux-sessionizer01:38:36 - Sylvan Demo on Typst, how does it compare to LaTeX01:46:30 - fizz buzz demo01:47:51 - LSP for typst called tinymist01:52:16 - Would a professional book writer benefit from typst or just math people?01:56:15 - How has your experience as an intern been?01:57:56 - How do you use AI?02:01:08 - Neovim distro or not distro?02:02:46 - LazyGit?02:04:58 - Did you fall for the Ghostty hype?02:08:26 - Window manager on macOS, Aerospace or Yabai?02:09:50 - Single or multiple monitors?02:10:29 - Keyboard?02:17:54 - Music bands?02:19:49 - Movies?02:20:38 - Videogames?02:22:39 - Story behind the linkarzu name

We have to address the elephant in the room. The security concerns behind kindaVim, its subscription model, why it's not open source and a few other questions.Link to the video:https://youtu.be/wqUf1bm9y_kWhat's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enoughTimeline:00:00:00 - Highlights00:01:21 - I'm late again, G's fault, blaming the apple ecosystem00:01:57 - G installing Omarchy? Showing his underwear00:03:11 - DevOps Toolbox youtube mention00:05:01 - This MF doesn't even offer a 10 cent discount00:08:50 - video by @devopstoolbox 00:09:33 - This guys prefers getting his ego fed than making money00:11:19 - Why haven't you become a YouTube member? Cheap a** MF00:13:39 - Are french people cheap?00:15:18 - List of topics we're covering today00:16:06 - Interview with G, previous video00:16:38 - Cannot type lowercase k in Kindavim issue00:17:55 - The thumbnail is a masterpiece, the tears look weird00:19:41 - The reddit post that started this drama00:21:45 - Can we trust this guy, is he living the john mcafee life?00:22:55 - kindaVim captures each of our keystrokes, is it secure?00:27:14 - What kindaVim goes online to check, Little Snitch macos app00:28:56 - Have you thought about hiring a software auditing company?00:30:29 - kindaVim was open source for a couple of months, you needed to compile it00:34:50 - Why would you "demand" for the code of a closed source application?00:38:40 - Did you release the code because of the reddit post?00:40:28 - Went back toa close source, open source users started demanding support00:41:58 - Simply put, there's not kindaVim alternatives00:43:33 - When is Wooshy getting the homerow labels?00:44:53 - The app is not karen friendly, why does it insult you?00:52:33 - Do you want that type of person as a user?00:53:52 - Why a subscription? A lot of people hate this00:59:39 - Is there a real kindaVim alternative?01:01:43 - The audience for the app is really limited. Why is netflix not free?01:03:31 - Folks that don't care about open source, but just care about it being free01:05:03 - Back to the software auditing company01:07:34 - Can't believe the brew installation command wasn't part of the docs, shame01:10:39 - Back on the "k" issue, probably kanata related01:13:22 - The new karabiner-elements integration, what is it?01:16:49 - With variables you can create a different mapping depending on the mode01:19:45 - Before using karabiner G tried to create his own remapping solution01:23:31 - G doesn't feel the time pass when he's with me

Gregory Anders, also known as gpanders, is a core maintainer of Neovim and also the Ghostty terminal. In this conversation, we talk about how he got started with both projects, his take on plugin managers, Lua, and debugging workflows. We go over Ghostty features, how he approaches minimalism in his dev setup,Link to the video:https://youtu.be/Nq2T28_ILxcWhat's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enoughTimeline:00:00:00 - Highlights00:03:34 - Neovim contributions00:05:14 - Ghostty contributions00:06:28 - Greg's background in IT, computers, education, career00:10:00 - Experience applying to SpaceX00:16:05 - How and why did you get started with neovim?00:19:34 - Debug C++ in Neovim?00:21:08 - Can you share a bit about the Neovim history, was there a time that Lua was not part of it?00:26:46 - What are your thoughts on lua?00:28:49 - Greg doesn't like looking at lua (and I'm being conservative here)00:29:59 - For Neovim design's goals, could have been a better alternative than lua?00:31:59 - What is Fennel? LISP that transpiles into lua00:34:46 - How big is the neovim core team, how easy is it to come to agreements, is there a dictactor?00:40:20 - Are Echasnovski and Folke part of the Core team?00:42:21 - Greg uses his own "package manager", thoughts on plugin managers00:50:59 - Greg doesn't use plugins that need to call require.setup00:52:49 - What if we look at plugin managers from the perspective of a VScode user00:56:53 - Experience of having a coworker switch to neovim00:58:12 - Neovim flexibility of providing you a good base, so you can build on top01:00:22 - Thoughts on Helix?01:03:31 - My experience with Obsidian after meeting Neovim01:04:34 - Thoughts on a lot of new plugins being created all the time?01:09:05 - WIP: New Neovim plugin manager vim.pack01:10:44 - Stop using .setup (as most as possible)01:11:46 - Thoughts on Neovim Extensibility, is it becoming an Emacs?01:14:25 - Thoughts on auto updating plugins at startup, and also daily driving Neovim on the master branch01:18:47 - Should you update for security reasons or new features?01:20:20 - BE REALLY CAREFUL ON THE PLUGINS YOU INSTALL01:26:12 - What about the Ghostty hype? What Ghostty features matter to Greg01:28:30 - Thoughts on iTerm01:30:12 - Ghostty is missing the search feature, like ctrl+f for normies or cmd+f for chads01:30:51 - Thoughts on Tmux?01:31:59 - The kitty keyboard protocol (shoutout to Kovid, both of us huge fans)01:36:41 - Thoughts on other editors like zed, cursor, and thoughts on AI01:42:52 - Thoughts on claude code01:44:22 - Whats your preferred operating systems and thoughts about other ones01:45:24 - How does the Windows Neovim package work, is it native?01:47:17 - If you're a Neovim Windows user watching, a windows core maintainer is needed01:49:08 - Here comes the apple pill for you rust furry boys01:53:24 - Apple's walled garden, it's so comfortable here, come on in01:56:12 - Do your airpods stay connected to the phone for some reason?01:58:22 - What do other think about your love for apple, do you get criticized?02:00:02 - What keyboard do you use? keychron Q1102:04:43 - I use a glove80, but still, apple's external keyboard is my favorite02:10:15 - Do you use any window manager?

Protesilaos Stavrou. philosopher, programmer and the voice behind some of the most thoughtful Emacs content on the internet.Link to the video:https://youtu.be/b4nV0jCHwGQWhat's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enoughTimeline:00:00:00 - Highlights00:01:15 - "Neovim vs Emacs" video is how I heard about Prot00:02:24 - Wildfires in Cyprus July 202500:10:01 - What are you, a philosopher, programmer or what?00:12:05 - What is your main medium, website or youtube?00:13:45 - Why did you decide to get started with YouTube?00:14:51 - Did you receive formal education as a programmer? How did all this computer stuff got started00:16:44 - Thoughts on Windows and macOS?00:19:37 - Prot uses Debian, like a real chad. He was in Arch before00:22:00 - Any issues with outdated packages in Debian? What about security updates?00:23:07 - Thoughts on flatpaks00:23:57 - What's the difference between open source and free software00:27:40 - Thoughts on supporting open source maintainers00:29:07 - I (linkarzu) feel open source like a 1 way relationship in which the maintainer has to give and not expect anything in return?00:33:18 - Remove the stigma when a free software maintainer asks for money00:34:45 - Thoughts on Neovim?00:36:05 - Images in Neovim, variable font size in terminals hopefully soon00:38:55 - What are the different ways of working with emacs? Evil, space, traditional, what do you recommend?00:42:02 - What about using the ctrl key with emacs?00:42:52 - Give default emacs a fair chance00:44:38 - Did you remap your Ctrl key?00:45:40 - Thoughts on homerow mods, Prot's keyboard00:48:13 - The delay in homerow mods and false positives00:50:44 - The long spacebar on laptops does not make sense00:51:32 - Why a light theme if we live in a dark theme world? Demo modus-operandi, modus-vivendi and other themes00:56:05 - In a video you mentioned you prefer taking notes in plain text and switch to org when needed01:02:11 - Paste images in AVIF inside Neovim, also view images01:02:48 - Some folks think that viewing images in Neovim is not useful01:05:04 - Create private or public GitHub repo from within Neovim and extending outside to your Operating System01:08:58 - Prot demo on org: email, calendar, and way more01:14:55 - How long is your emacs config? 18,000 lines01:15:51 - Magit git client, allows you to also merge, issues, PRs01:16:57 - How do you get notifications in Emacs, for example for emails? notmuch-indicator01:19:56 - Packages for auto-formatting and moving around parentheses01:23:36 - Neovim demo on how I manage tasks and fold headings, emacs demo as well01:28:00 - Prot uses multiple emacs frames01:32:12 - How I navigate projects with tmux on the neovim side01:34:37 - You can put emacs frames in different workspaces01:36:09 - The beauty of organizing your life in org mode, email and calendar01:40:53 - What is LISP?01:42:00 - Fennel to write LISP but convert it to Lua01:43:00 - Single threading issues on emacs?01:46:49 - Thoughts on alcohol and substance abuse?01:55:47 - Thoughts on a supreme being?02:11:00 - Thoughts on physical activity02:13:18 - Thoughts on material objects02:16:10 - Let's see the puppies02:16:42 - Thoughts on AI02:18:29 - Do you use qwerty or colemak?02:19:00 - What is the best way to support you monetarily?

Discussion between advanced and hardcore users of 2 similar, but very different worlds, the only 2 titans when it comes to text editing and life management: Neovim and Emacs.Link to the video:https://youtu.be/SnhcXR9CKnoWhat's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enoughTimeline:00:00:00 - Highlights and agenda00:03:03 - Who is TJ DeVries00:03:51 - Who is Derek (DistroTube)00:05:20 - Gregory Anders, Neovim Core and Ghostty Terminal contributor00:10:01 - We need Ghostty sessions00:10:43 - terminal.shop not shipping coffee to Canada, simply because they don't like Canadians00:11:00 - Who is Joshua Blais00:12:39 - Gregory Anders Neovim and workflow demo00:18:59 - Greg does not use a plugin manager00:20:16 - Evgeni Chasnovski (echasnovski mentioned) 00:22:41 - Configuring Neovim with Fennel and not Lua00:24:42 - Gregory's love for Lua, Brazil mentioned00:25:19 - nvim-parinfer plugin00:26:04 - fennel-repl.nvim plugin00:29:48 - DistroTube workflow and Emacs demo00:31:10 - Emacs variable font size00:33:35 - Emacs Eshell00:34:31 - Woman pages in Emacs00:36:51 - Teej Neovim Worklow and tricks00:39:14 - Prime showed us how to navigate with tmux sessions, how do you navigate projects without tmux?00:41:33 - Ivy theme in telescope (comes from Emacs)00:42:46 - Teej Dynamic Neovim and dad jokes generator00:46:34 - Supermaven and Awesomewm00:47:39 - Are there any other macOS users here?00:48:04 - What's that yoga ball in the background Teej? balls.yoga site00:49:23 - Joshua Blais emacs and workflow demo00:49:45 - How Kovid Goyal does everything in the terminal, including the variable font size protocol00:51:55 - How Joshua wrote a book in Emacs00:52:18 - Sending an Email from Emacs00:53:37 - Playing music in Emacs00:53:58 - Leaking keys and sending REST requests in Emacs00:54:25 - kulala.nvim plugin mentioned, as a postman alternative in Neovim00:55:55 - The problem with Emacs being single threaded00:59:14 - Gregory's thoughts on Emacs, as a Neovim user01:06:29 - DT's thoughts on Neovim as an Emacs user01:08:00 - DTs thoughts on default emacs keybindings vs vim keybinds01:09:05 - Org mode in Neovim is not just the same01:11:18 - TJ's thoughts on Emacs01:14:04 - Neovim and Emacs on the same team? Can we get along?01:15:01 - Joshua Blais thoughts on Neovim01:15:38 - Greg playing doom in Ghostty01:18:04 - Shoutout to the doom emacs creator, Henrik Lissner01:18:52 - Recommendation on someone just starting, Teej01:20:26 - TJ: Neovim distro or no distro?01:20:54 - Teej and Gregory love auto-updating plugins at startup, fax01:23:22 - Recommendation on someone just starting, DT01:24:06 - Gregory01:26:25 - Blais01:26:51 - If you're a macOS user, check out kindaVim01:30:13 - Greg, how is maintaining 2 open source projects?01:30:41 - Are we still live?01:31:39 - Kovid Goyal has single handedly solved so many terminal problems01:34:15 - Who started the GPU accelerated terminal paradigm, kovid or the alacritty guys?01:35:59 - Can linux and macos be friends too?01:37:51 - Greg thoughts on daily driving linux01:41:37 - nix worthed?

kindaVim leverages the macOS Accessibility API to act like a screen reader. And because with great power comes great responsibility, it brings you Vim moves everywhere! For kV to be able to do its magic, apps need to implement the macOS Accessibility on their side. But be not afraid, this comes by default in most native apps. Those include: Xcode, iA Writer, Day One, Things, Safari, Notes and many more.Link to the video:https://youtu.be/YsXmxblazewWhat's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enoughTimeline:00:00:00 highlithgts00:01:00 chit-chat00:01:44 From France to Macau00:05:57 G loves summer and living the hollywood lifestyle00:08:37 Can you live off of software development?00:13:44 Are you a musician?00:15:25 Karens got upset00:19:21 First band, WhyOceans, from Macau00:23:05 The other band, "Forget the G" and they forgot the MF, he gowne00:24:40 is this a music interview video or what?00:25:42 How did you find my youtube channel?00:27:56 What IDE do you use?00:29:25 Were you ever interested in Neovim or Emacs?00:34:22 How compatible and loyal are you to the vim motions?00:37:24 This app is approved by Theena, which has spoken in NeovimConf00:38:18 How is the experience of developing apple apps, do you have to fight apple?00:43:02 Do you consider apple is getting more locked down?00:44:47 Are the new Steve Jobs at apple using their own system? Its getting out of control00:48:58 Have you ever considered Linux?00:49:13 Should we be living the DHH dream with Omarchy and Framework laptops?00:54:25 G likes to install and configure his apps, one at a time, like a caveman00:55:06 Thoughts on macOS 26 and the glassy thing00:58:17 How to use your mac like a chad with SketchyBar and no Dock01:00:04 Why GUIs and not give gigachads a way to configure the apps via config file? I mean, GUIs are fine... For my grandparents01:07:18 Email with vim motions01:08:37 Vim motions in Xcode01:13:16 How to customize and configure KindaVim01:15:17 Tool not on linux, sorry Hyprlnd users, go back to your inferior OS (G's words, not mine)01:16:38 Can I use kj or jk as escape?01:18:41 Is the kanata keyboard mapper going to interfere with kindaVim01:19:33 I moved from karabiner-elements to Kanata01:22:10 Will kindaVim interfere with karabiner-elements?01:23:48 integrating kindaVim with Karabiner01:27:45 If you have questions about Karabiner, go and watch my videos01:28:26 What is Kanata, is it like Goku?01:31:58 kindaVim families01:42:49 Lets talk money, is this thing like a Netflix subscription? You do know that my audience loves open source right? These MFs don't like to pay01:47:18 Can you get the app through brew like a gigachad? He hasn't updated the docs by the way01:48:29 Is the app on Setapp? SetApp said no01:54:58 Wooshy compared to Homerow and Mouseless01:59:26 Can Wooshy copy and image?01:59:46 This is starting to feel like HBO subscriptions and all that stuff02:00:25 You can still use the apps without paying for them02:00:49 What about Scrolla? Feels like the unplanned and not desired kid02:04:24 kindaVim was open source for a while, but the community started demanding, as usual02:06:25 When is the config via file coming?02:08:41 What happens to your apps when you're gone?02:12:07 Plans to sell your apps to a another company?

Discover the world of open source development with Kovid, the mastermind behind the Kitty Terminal and Calibre. Gain insights into terminal protocols, open-source strategies, and the future of software design. Perfect for developers and tech enthusiasts!Link to the video:https://youtu.be/8PYLPC3dzWQWhat's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enoughTimeline:00:00 Highlights02:30 Kovid's background and History on Calibre and Kitty08:47 From Physics to Full-Time Development09:50 The Birth of Kitty Terminal12:15 Innovating Terminal Features17:35 Addressing Keyboard Handling Issues20:08 Text Sizing Protocol Innovations23:27 Adoption of the Kitty Graphics Protocol26:41 Out-of-the-Box Use Cases29:16 Introducing the kitty panel30:01 Quick Access Kitten: A New Feature31:01 Revolutionizing File Open Dialogs32:19 Understanding Calibre: An E-Book Management Tool35:01 Calibre’s Versatile Features38:10 Fetching News with Calibre 39:00 Kovid is proud of his Daughter using Calibre40:00 Seamless Kindle Integration, how to send books42:36 Community Feedback and Accessibility44:18 Navigating Legal Waters with Calibre44:40 Why Python for kitty and not wear the high striped socks and go for rust49:43 Performance Insights and User Experience51:02 Community-Driven Development52:45 Thoughts on TMUX, the Drawbacks of Terminal Multiplexers59:14 Reimagining Multiplexers01:00:35 How Tmux is useful for managing sessions and kitty's alternative (kitty remote API)01:05:15 Building Custom Workflows with Kitty01:07:02 Compatibility with Terminal Multiplexers01:10:02 The Role of Sessions in Terminal Usage01:12:39 Cursor Animations and User Contributions01:15:02 Personal Development Setup and Preferences01:19:01 Living Off Open Source

Linux legend Brodie Robertson (103 K subs) joins me for an unfiltered chat that jumps from his iconic high striped socks to the nitty-gritty of window managers in Linux, while I defend my daily-driver macOS. If you’re hunting for Brodie Robertson interviews, Linux tips, or honest takes on Linux vs Mac, this is for you.Link to the video:https://youtu.be/bAmJQuX4-akWhat's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enoughTimeline:00:00:00 - Highlights00:01:28 - Who is Brodie Robertson @BrodieRobertson 00:02:16 - Brodie's main channel and podcast00:02:51 - Why 2 separate channels?00:07:38 - Do you do YouTube full time?00:08:29 - You recommend someone starting a channel?00:10:34 - Do you take video sponsorships?00:11:58 - boot.dev, reach out to the man00:12:38 - 2 favorite music bands00:13:26 - How old are you?00:13:48 - How is the insect situation in Australia?00:14:38 - You should be worried about snakes00:15:45 - Favorite movies00:16:46 - Are you into videogames?00:18:40 - High striped rust arch socks good for health?00:19:34 - rust + arch = linux user00:21:13 - Family background, how you ended up in tech00:24:50 - Family thoughts on you doing YouTube00:26:08 - Family members understand your passion for IT?00:27:40 - Are you into any instruments?00:29:19 - IDE or editor of choice?00:30:17 - What do you do for note taking?00:30:39 - Thoughts on Obsidian00:32:00 - Neovim own config or distribution?00:33:12 - Thoughts on the lazyvim distro00:34:10 - Tool to push to version control00:34:39 - Thoughts on LazyGit00:35:34 - Thoughts on tmux00:36:31 - Isn't it complicated using a WM in tiling mode?00:37:03 - Niri, A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor00:38:06 - Keep track in your mind of where apps are?00:39:21 - OS usage before Linux00:41:22 - Thoughts on the current state of Windows00:43:28 - Thoughts on current state of macOS00:44:42 - Rivalry between Linux and macOS?00:46:06 - LTT vs PewDiePie trying Linux00:47:48 - LTT and Emily (Anthony back in the day)00:50:21 - Which Linux Distro should I start with, as a mac user00:52:22 - Marker 3800:53:22 - Which window manager should I use?00:54:46 - What is wayland and all that fancy medical lingo?00:58:04 - Yabai padding in macos01:00:27 - i3 not make me look cool compared to wayland?01:01:25 - Thoughts on using debian stable01:02:14 - Thoughts on system76 and framework laptops01:04:14 - Share my phone as a camera in Linux?01:05:43 - Single or multiple monitors?01:06:38 - Do you script your videos?01:07:02 - Terminal you use01:07:49 - What keyboard do you use01:08:41 - Thoughts on split keyboards01:09:02 - Keyboard layout?01:09:16 - Thoughts on homelab01:09:49 - Thoughts on AI01:11:13 - Working on any other projects?01:12:14 - Experience with open source community

DistroTube (Derek), a long-time Linux YouTuber, dives into the world of Linux distributions and his passion for free software. He shares insights on how gaming has helped boost Linux desktop use and reflects on the impact of popular creators like PewDiePie on its popularity. Derek discusses his journey from a music background to becoming a tech educator, offers advice for aspiring YouTubers, and highlights his favorite tools like Emacs and Alacritty. He also touches upon hardware compatibility and his choice of Arch Linux for up-to-date packages.

Lazarus Agapidis from @telecomTech.explained is a telecom and networking professional with over 25 years of experience in network design, architecture, and telecom technologies. Over his career, he has led major projects, trained professionals, and helped countless individuals earn certifications and advance their careers. His goal is to make networking and telecom concepts clear, practical, and engaging - the way he wished he was taught when he started learning! Link to the video:https://youtu.be/uiTDY_edHa0What's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enoughTimeline:00:00:00 - Intro00:02:39 - Who is Lazarus Agapidis?00:05:00 - Born in Canada, living in Greece00:05:35 - How did all start?00:06:21 - Astrophysics at the university00:06:55 - York university, space communications science00:07:20 - Telecommunications management, Sheridan00:08:06 - Start working Sprint Canada00:08:21 - Voice traffic engineering department00:08:44 - University of Crete, networking job00:09:05 - Cisco call manager (CUCM)00:09:58 - Single Engineer at Municipality of Heraklion00:11:23 - URBACT00:12:13 - Founted telecomTech in 201700:13:36 - Why always looking for something new?00:15:30 - 5G training with skillsoft00:16:53 - When you started with YouTube00:17:31 - What other videos should people expect?00:19:15 - What's the catch?00:19:58 - Soon offering in depth courses00:21:35 - Telecom & network engineer career roadmap00:22:38 - Do you have professional experience teaching?00:23:16 - CCNA instructor certification00:23:53 - Forum mod at networklessons.com00:24:12 - Rene Molenaar00:26:18 - networklessons.com labs00:27:07 - Skillsoft 5G courses00:27:58 - Offer other services?00:28:59 - Writing own articles and ghost writting00:29:39 - Thoughts on role of traditional network engineer00:31:57 - Should people start with traditional networking?00:33:57 - Is configuring via CLI still the norm?00:38:42 - Advise for people starting in networking?00:40:46 - Telecom & Network professional roadmap00:43:30 - Linkarzu University at 37 years old00:45:35 - University, certifications, experience graph00:47:22 - Lazarus Certifications (CCNP & more)00:48:43 - Do you recommend certifications?00:50:50 - Thoughts on the CCIE certification?00:52:18 - When should you get your CCIE?00:55:09 - Go from CCNA to CCIE?00:55:48 - Thoughts on COMPTIA certification00:57:19 - packet tracer, GNS3 or EVE-NG01:01:29 - Favorite networking vendor, cisco01:02:00 - Ubiquiti equipment and experience01:02:56 - Linkarzu multicast over GRE01:04:46 - Linkarzu route redistribution lab01:06:11 - We all talk about this to our partners01:07:22 - Thoughts on MikroTik01:11:28 - Experience with MikroTik in Enterprise01:12:24 - Network Monitoring?01:15:03 - Tools used for monitoring?01:18:43 - What equipment for small business?01:20:15 - Episode available as a podcast01:20:49 - Do what you love