Text Editors + AI
After poking around a bit, I realized there is a way to manage a Neovim configuration without needing to have deep knowledge of Lua or Neovim’s data structures. I kind of feel dumb for not thinking of it sooner.
Writing Neovim configuration snippets in Lua is something AI tools are pretty good at. I’ve used it to generate a snippet for my favorite color scheme (nord), and that went well. I’ve combined this with LazyVim, so that I get a great out-of-the-box experience with minimal customization, and I can use AI to write the snippets I need to install any additional plugins I need.
This way I can continue to leverage my Vim muscle memory and avoid a deep dive into Neovim Lua. (Which is something I would have to do repeatedly as I don’t spend a ton of time configuring my editor, and I’ll forget most of what I learn between customization sessions.) I think this will be a good balance, and it won’t require me to learn a whole new editor like Helix.
