The death of Bram Moolenaar, Vim founder and benevolent dictator for life (BDFL), in 2023 sent a shock through the community, and raised concern about the future of the project. At VimConf 2024 in November, current Vim maintainer Christian Brabandt delivered a keynote on “the new Vim project" that detailed how the community has reorganized itself to continue maintaining Vim and what the future looks like.

    • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
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      1 month ago

      I was using Vim only and didn’t want switch to Neovim. Then someday, after having performance problems in Vim, I gave Neovim a shot and switch to it. Shortly after the world was in shock when we knew Bram died. It was the day when I switched to Neovim. I feel like responsible for this.

      • drspod@lemmy.ml
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        1 month ago

        If you have a Facebook, X or Amazon account, I hope you can find it in your heart to switch to one of their competitors. It’s worth a try.

        • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
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          1 month ago

          For Xitter, BlueSky is drop-in replacement that’s superior in most respects. I’m not aware of any equivants for Facebook or Amazon.

          • drspod@lemmy.ml
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            1 month ago

            For Xitter, BlueSky is drop-in replacement

            You’re posting this on the Fediverse and still recommending centralized corporate social media? We can do better than make the same mistakes again and again.

            Try Mastodon as a Xitter replacement.

            Friendica as a Facebook replacement.

            And if you’re able and have transport, support your local businesses by buying products locally (especially independently owned stores), instead of ordering from Amazon.