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Terminal Diaries

Neovim, tmux, and terminal setup notes — what I'm running, why, and what I ripped out a week later.

Why My Mouse Doesn't Work In My Editor Anymore
One line in my Neovim config turned off the mouse entirely. Here's why I haven't turned it back on.
Aug 27, 20262 min read
jk Instead of Escape, and Other Muscle Memory I Had to Rewire
Insert mode maps, a leader key, and the small habits that make Neovim actually feel fast. Escape is in the worst possible spot on the keyboard. Top left corner, a hand-stretch away from home row, and
Aug 27, 20262 min read
Keybindings That Only Exist When They're Needed
Code lens, document color, linked editing range — three LSP features Neovim ships but never turns on, and what makes it safe to turn them on. Neovim 0.12 shipped native support for a handful of LSP fe
Aug 28, 20263 min read5
The Plugin That Replaced Eight Others
One config file, one plugin, and a feature I'd had switched off for months on an assumption. At some point my Neovim config had a picker plugin, a dashboard plugin, a notification plugin, a terminal p
Aug 29, 20263 min read
A Dashboard Shortcut I Built for a Class I Was Taking
One keybinding to start a Quarto preview, and cleanup code to make sure it never leaves a mess behind. I was taking a class that used Quarto for basically everything, problem sets, write-ups, the work
Aug 31, 20263 min read
Six Months In: What I'd Rip Out and What's Staying
Five posts into Terminal Diaries, the honest inventory. The rip-out list was shorter than I expected, and that says something. Somewhere around five posts into this series, it felt like time to zoom o
Sep 2, 20262 min read

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