Linkarzu Podcast | Neovim, macOS, Emacs, Linux, Terminals and more.
Linkarzu Podcast is a tech-focused show where the host interviews guests about topics like Neovim, macOS, Linux, terminal emulators, popular GitHub repositories, and other editors such as Emacs and Helix. Each episode explores how guests use their setups and the CLI tools they rely on. The podcast is based on the host's YouTube channel and aims to share insights into developer workflows.
Episodes
Learning Vanilla Emacs from Scratch with Prot as a Neovim User
Joshua Blais is back on the podcast, and this episode goes all over the place: Guix, Nix breaking, distro hopping, Emacs, Neovim, 34-key keyboards, home row mods, back pain, ADHD, Adderall, phone addiction, online presence, AI, spirituality, gratitude, community, and making money on YouTube.We start with Linux and editor talk, including why Nix broke, what Guix is, why Joshua uses Emacs, whether h
Joshua Blais: Back Pain in Tech, Guix, Emacs, 34-Keys, Going Offline
Joshua Blais is back on the podcast, and this episode goes all over the place: Guix, Nix breaking, distro hopping, Emacs, Neovim, 34-key keyboards, home row mods, back pain, ADHD, Adderall, phone addiction, online presence, AI, spirituality, gratitude, community, and making money on YouTube.We start with Linux and editor talk, including why Nix broke, what Guix is, why Joshua uses Emacs, whether h
FFF Claims to Be the Best Neovim File Picker. Is It?
Interview with Dmitriy Kovalenko, creator of FFF, a fast file search picker for Neovim that describes itself as “the best file search picker for neovim. Period.”We’ll talk about why he built FFF, how it compares to tools like Telescope, fzf-lua, and snacks.nvim, and why file picking in Neovim is still such a hot topic. We’ll also get into performance, memory usage, plugin bloat, Rust, Neovim workf
Kovid Goyal on Kitty: Drag and Drop, Pixel Scrolling, and What’s Next
Mitchell Hashimoto wasn’t able to join this episode for personal reasons, so we made a small pivot.A lot of people already knew about the original Ghostty vs Kitty livestream, so I wanted to explain that clearly here too. Mitchell couldn’t make it this time, and I completely understand. We’ll see what happens in the future.That said, this still turned into a really fun conversation with Kovid Goya
Neovim 0.12 Release with the Core Team
In this episode, I’m joined by members of the Neovim core team to talk about the Neovim 0.12 release, the biggest new features, project direction, AI, workflows, plugins, and why people still use Neovim in a world full of AI editors and modern IDEs.This is not just a Neovim 0.12 feature overview. It’s also a conversation to help people get to know the humans behind the project. We talk about what
Echasnovski (pt 2): Linux, Terminals, and Tools (Ghostty vs Kitty, NixOS, Arch)
Part 2 of my 3+ hour chat with Echasnovski (mini.nvim / MiniMax) goes full Linux and tooling mode. We continue our Neovim discussion, then we get to know the nvim-mini team, talk about EndeavourOS + Arch (and the Ubuntu-to-Arch jump), how he approaches updates, thoughts on NixOS, and the macOS “it’s expensive” misconception. Then we get into terminals: why Ghostty over Kovid Goyal’s Kitty, whether
Echasnovski (pt 1): mini.nvim, MiniMax & Neovim Contributions
Echasnovski is the creator of mini.nvim, as per the website: "Library of 40+ independent Lua modules improving overall Neovim (version 0.9 and higher) experience with minimal effort." He's also the creator of MiniMax:"MiniMax is a collection of fully working self-contained Neovim configs. All of the them: Use mostly MINI to showcase its capabilities. Provide out of the box a stable, polished, and
Sylvan Franklin: Looks Like a 12 Year Old, but Already has Peach Fuzz
This is the 2nd time (or third time, would be forth but he no showed no called me once, MF) that Vimothée Chalamet AKA @sylvanfranklin shows up in my channel. In the last interview we discussed about Neovim, drugs (including Adderall), and many other topics. But it seems that as of Q4 2025 he's going for the kefir, kombucha, yoga pants, breathing techniques, pachamama and on his way to become a
YouTux: Linux Distros, Supporting FOSS, Apple & More
YouTux is a fairly new YouTube channel, only 1.5 years and it has double my subscribers, we'll touch on a lot of interesting and probably controversial topics. If you want to support open source projects, for every $5 donate as superchats, YouTux will donate the same amount to an open source project. All the superchats will also be donated to an open source project.All of the podcast episodes are
4 Linux Queens vs 1 MacOS Virgin
Stability wisdom and a peaceful life, or bleeding edge? Some say Debian is a legacy distro with legacy packages, some say Arch gives them nightmares. I'm still trying to get a response for the question I've been asking in all these interviews, which distro should I try first 😂 So who is right then, who should we trust?Video:https://youtu.be/pkLG2SwR7J8Participants: https://youtube.com/@AndreaBorm
Kovid Goyal: Linux, Window Managers, and GitHub Controversies
Kovid Goyal is the creator of the Kitty terminal and the Calibre e-book reader. We had an interview around 4 months ago. After that interview, I became a fan of the myth, the legend. So much so that I switched back from Ghostty to Kitty as my main terminal. Well, not just because, but because he implemented a feature I was missing in Ghostty: Sessions. So I was able to replace my beloved tmux with
Andrea, The GOAT, Borman: Let's talk Linux, OSs & More
Andrea Borman has been doing YouTube videos for over 15 years, I was quite intrigued to get to know Andrea more on a deeper level, I want to learn about her background, history, why she decides to use Linux, what her favorite text editor is, terminals, thoughts on macOS, Windows, etc.Video:https://youtu.be/iLpIzfZ_2zIWhat's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why
Justin M. Keyes: Neovim, Workflow, OSs, Terminals...
Let's get to know Justin M. Keyes more on a personal level, let's learn about his computer workflow, preferred OS, keyboard, favorite terminals, Neovim history, upcoming Neovim features, thoughts on security, his favorite movies and way more.Link to the video:https://youtu.be/OWk1Y9MrawQWhat's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtub
From Arch to Debian with LinuxRenaissance
I've been thinking about Linux lately, a lot. But I'm still not sure which distro to go with, everyone keeps saying arch, but my brain, wisdom and soul say Debian. So when I find someone else that went down this path, I want to learn and hear more about it. We'll also touch on many other topicsLink to the video:https://youtu.be/0CEYNvEdsagWhat's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/abou
The Workflow Debate: Are We All Doing Too Much?
We talk about how we work and if we make things harder than they should be. We ask if using many tools, monitors, and configs really helps or just makes life more complex. We talk about macOS, Linux, Omarchy, Nix, and window managers. Everyone shares how they set up their system and what they think is best. It is a long talk with many ideas, jokes, and real thoughts about how people use computers
JustAGuy Linux: Let's talk About the King, Debian
Let's get to know Drew from @JustAGuyLinux a bit more. I want to hear his thoughts on why he sticks to Debian, thoughts on Emacs, Neovim, other IDEs, macOS, Windows, other linux Distros, etc.Link to the video:https://youtu.be/iPZbd1GEV7sWhat'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 - Highlights00:01:47
Asking tony: Is NixOS Just Hype? (2077 Edition)
There's a community of 8 users, that are very persistent, and always trying to get you to install NixOS. They swear by it and say it's the best thing ever happened after the discovery of fire and the invention of the wheel. @tony-btw is one of those users, and he will share about NixOS with us, so we can see if it's just hype, or if we should give it a try. Link to the video:https://youtu.be/lMk
kindaVim Drama: Let's Hear this Guy B***ch About his First World Problems
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, bla
Meet tokisuno: Neovim, Productivity, Modern Slang, Addiction, and more!
Video:https://youtu.be/I1pK8HAp0tcWhat'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, the first 5 seconds are literally a filter00:02:25 - tokisuno speaking spanish00:03:58 - Switching back to english, linguistics degree00:06:26 - What is toki pona00:09:14 - Why do you know spanish?00:11:14 - Da
Adib Hanna: Neovim, CLI tools, Pedalboards, Philosophy & More
This video is a long conversation with @adibhanna where we talk about his background, his journey into programming, and his experiences with Neovim and the open source world. Link to the video:https://youtu.be/jzylbactzPoWhat'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 - Highlights00:01:30 - Who is Adib
Henry Misc on Neovim, Workflows, Keyboards & Coding as a Craft
Hendrik (Henry Misc) at this point in time has only a few videos out, 18 to be exact, and 7K subs, so that speaks for itself. Relatively new channel that is taking the Neovim community by surprise.Link to the video:https://youtu.be/uj_3u1Dki3gWhat'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:
Matt from The Linux Cast on macOS, NixOS, Emacs & More
Conversation with Matt, we talk about his recent experience with macOS, current experience with NixOS and also his challenge of using Emacs for 2 years.Link to the video:https://youtu.be/V4mzxJROCFkWhat'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 - Highlights00:01:13 - Matt's YouTube channel "The Linux Cas
Meet Sylvan Franklin: Neovim, Aura coding, Pyramid Schemes & 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 fo
Gregory Anders on Neovim, Ghostty, and Why Simplicity Wins
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://l
Deep-Dive with Prot: Emacs, Philosophy, Debian, Life & Open-Source Ethics
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 - Wildf
Neovim vs Emacs | Roundtable w/ TJ DeVries, DistroTube, Greg Anders & Joshua Blais
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
Can't Believe this Wacko Created kindaVim, Wooshy and Scrolla!
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
(Full Interview) Creator of Kitty Terminal and Calibre | Kovid Goyal
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-mone
Arch Wizard Brodie Robertson vs My Mac Life - Will He Convert Me?
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?
macOS Power User Asks DistroTube: Which Linux Never Breaks?
Let's talk about Linux distros, Emacs, Neovim, org mode and more with Distrotube.Link to the video:https://youtu.be/bWX7jI9t7j8What'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 - Video Highlights00:02:49 - When started YouTube and why?00:04:42 - Linux popularity over the years00:05:48 - 264,000 subscribers
Traditional Network Engineer Dead? (ft. Lazarus Agapidis, Network Expert)
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
Debugprint.nvim | The Best Print Debug Tool for Neovim?
Let's meet Andrew Ferrier, the creator of the neovim plugin debugprint.nvim debugprint is a NeoVim plugin that simplifies debugging for those who prefer a low-tech approach. Instead of using a sophisticated debugger like nvim-dap, some people prefer using a 'print'-like statement to trace the output during execution. With debugprint, you can insert these statements, including the values of variabl
No One Talks About This Side of Tech YouTube… (feat. Medeski, Nikolov, Blais)
I used to romanticize the idea of being a “tech influencer.” In this episode, I talk with three creators I deeply respect: @JoshMedeski , @nikolovlazar , and @JoshuaBlais what it’s actually like behind the scenes. We dive into personal setups, struggles with content creation, balancing real life and YouTube, and the mental toll of staying “relevant” in the tech space. If you’re into Neovim, Em
Why He’s Building a New Terminal and Editor (Rio + Boo by Rapha Morim)
Let's meet the creator of the Rio Terminal emulator Rapha MorimLink to the video:https://youtu.be/MBBujxqLm-oWhat'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 - What is rio terminal00:03:33 - Why the name rio00:05:10 - brazil and primeagen mentioned00:05:59 - Language terminal written in00:06:43 - why was r
This GitHub CLI Tool Will Change How You Work (gh-dash by Dolev Hadar)
gh-dash allows you to work with pull requests and issues in your terminal and not the hedious GitHub site.Link to the video:https://youtu.be/GOaVb-LDdK0What'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 - Intro00:02:06 - If your repo is over 500 stars, reach out00:03:09 - Dolev GitHub profile00:03:44 - gh-da
Neovim User Tries Helix | with Core Contributor Nik Revenco
Learn about the Helix text editor, from the perspective of a Neovim user. The wonderful guest is Nik Revenco, which is a Helix contributor, he has added several features to Helix, including Inline Git Blame and tutorials in the wiki page. He also created the Helix Golf page.Link to the video:https://youtu.be/AS7mnDgFgnwWhat's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why
This Postman Alternative Runs INSIDE Neovim (ft. Kulala Maintainers)
In this video we go over Kulala, which is a Postman alternative, but in your terminal, even better yet, within Neovim. I talk to Marco (Gorilla Moe) and Yaro and they guide us through a demo and explain how it works, also solve questionsKulala is a minimal REST-Client Interface and set of tools for working with RESTful APIs. It also supports GraphQLLink to the video:https://youtu.be/uX10mF9HZx8Wha
From Neovim to Emacs: How a Writer Rebuilt His Workflow (ft. Theena)
Theena Kumaragurunathan is a multidisciplinary artist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is the author of the national award winning novel 'First Utterance', and the director of 'Pala'. He is an advocate for FOSS technology. Link to the video:https://youtu.be/5W0bcoFkvLYWhat's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enoughTimeline
Inside Neovim with Core Maintainer Maria Solano | Snippets, Completion & More
Conversation with one of the Neovim Core Maintainers, Maria Solano. Interesting topics discussed like her contributions not only to neovim but to other open source projects and we also learn about her setup and OS preferences.Link to the video:https://youtu.be/0DNC3uRPBwcWhat's the best way to support me?https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enoughTime
He Built a Grammarly Alternative | Now WordPress.com Owns It (ft. Harper Creator Elijah Potter)
I write a lot of Markdown in Neovim, and I was looking for a tool that could understand the grammar in my document and give me suggestions and easily help me find mistakes, similar to the way Grammarly works. I found harper, Installed it, and I have been using it ever since. In this video I go over the history of Harper, a quick demo, and get to know it's author, Elijah Potter, a bit more. Harper
How HiPhish Built rainbow-delimiters.nvim (and Uses Neovim Without a Plugin Manager)
I recently asked in the Neovim subreddit if any plugin/distro/core maintainers would be interested in participating in these casual interviews, and HiPhish was kind enough to reach out to share more about the plugin rainbow-delimiters.nvim.In this video you will not just learn about the plugin, but many other things, like, what's HiPhish's OS of choice, the way to manage Neovim plugins not with a
Neovim, Zed, and Colima: How Alex (Package Main) Works as a Developer
In this video I talk to Alex from the "packagemain" youtube channel to understand about his developer workflow, get to know him a bit better and some of the tools he uses like Colima that I didn't know about.He has a channel with 10,000 subs as of today, mainly talks about go, but expect topics related to programming in generalIf you want to see more videos like this or you want me to continue wit
Linux vs macOS: Shasten Has Some *Thoughts* (ft. Linux Dev Labs)
My YouTube channel is mainly macOS related, I do use linux in servers, but I don't have too much linux related content. I want to know what my friend Shasten has to say about macOS and how he feels about itI personally think that its good to see different perspectives, and mainly learn from all of them and grab (deeznuts) what you like about each.If you want to see more videos like this or you wan
Learning Org Mode in Emacs as a Neovim User (Part 2 with Joshua Blais)
This is the 2nd part of me trying emacs for the first time, in the previous video we covered the installation and basically how to open it. We also talked abou the emacs philosophy So in this video my good friend Joshua Blais walks me through the orgmode basics. We create a file, add headings, add tags, and add stuff to the calendar.If you want to see more videos like this or you want me to contin
Lazar Nikolov Shares His Favorite Neovim Plugins & Dev Setup
Have you watched Lazar Nikolov's videos in YouTube? You want to know a little bit more about him, understand how he uses his OS, favorite movies, music bands, how he uses Neovim and what his favorite plugins are?Link to the video:https://youtu.be/TFvB74fd0asWhat'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
Raycast vs Alfred: Which macOS Launcher Is Better? (ft. Roman V)
I've been wanting to try the Alfred macOS app for quite some time now, to see what it's all about and how it compares to what I currently use, which is Raycast. So in this video my good friend Roman shows me how he uses Alfred and I compare it to the way I use raycast, in case you're interested in giving Alfred or Raycast a go, this video will be informative and help you understand both toolsLink
Replacing Tmux-Sessionizer with Sesh | ft. Josh Medeski
I've been wanting to try the tmux session manager called Sesh for quite some time now, to see what it's all about and how it compares to what I currently use, with is ThePrimeagen tmux sessionizer. But doing something like this requires you to invest time to learn and understand how to set it up and how it works.So in this video my good friend JoshMedeski walks me through the process of installing
Trying Emacs for the First Time as a Neovim User (with Joshua Blais)
I've been wanting to try Emacs for quite some time now, to see what it's all about and how it compares to Neovim. But doing something like this requires you to invest time to learn and understand how to set it up and how it works.So in this video my good friend JoshuaBlais walks me through the process of installing and setting up Emacs on macOS, we also talk about the Emacs philosophy and the diff
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