Last time I wrote a question - probably a couple of months ago. Last time I posted a question … aaaaages ago.

By the time I get sufficiently frustrated to contemplate asking a question, I find the clarity that comes from stopping and trying to clearly lay out a question usually results in my figuring it out just before I hit post.

I tried. Going through that loop convinced neovim is not an ide. It’s a means by which someone who wants to build an ide can build one.

If you’re one of those people who doesn’t want to build an ide, like me, it’s not for you.

This has been getting to me for a while. A couple of months ago I stumbled across the gemini protocol - the extension of gopher. I haven’t done much in that space as of yet, and I’m not suggesting it’s a salve for all the problems talked about in the article here, but I have found it is somewhat of a balm for the soul. A different attitude, to the internet and to a limited extent some of the software.

Extending that mindset into even a small fraction of software development would be refreshing.

I tried it out a few months ago. If I recall correctly, for a beta version it was excellent. It was still missing a few things which were deal breakers (I think working on a remote system wasn’t an option?), so I’m not currently using it. I imagine it’s only got better, and I should probably go have another look at it.