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 feature rich Neovim experience. Share minimal structure with potential to build upon. Contain extensively commented config files meant to be read."

The interview is over 3 hours long, so it is split in 2. Part 2 is going to be released soon

Video:

https://youtu.be/ypJTkwarAVE

What's the best way to support me?

https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enough

Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:01:36 - How do we pronounce your name

00:04:23 - What do you do in the neovim community?

00:07:53 - Neovim 0.5 and the wild wild west of lua plugins

00:10:23 - We've been planning this interview for over 6 months

00:12:20 - Echasnovski's ban on reddit

00:14:59 - Colorscheme theory (that I didn't understand, not normie friendly)

00:22:10 - Color theory is very complex as everyone is different

00:23:30 - Gruvbox is for old people, highly saturated colors

00:27:15 - Echasnovski created the default Neovim colorscheme

00:27:38 - Justin Keyes also likes boring colors. Old soul trapped in a young body

00:29:17 - Is Justin a dictator?

00:32:18 - Why the reddit ban?

00:38:49 - long reddit posts go through mod's approval

00:40:17 - How does the shadown ban work?

00:42:02 - Shoutout to Lukas Reineke

00:43:37 - Account restored by a misterious reddit employee

00:45:19 - Self hosting git server, codeberg, tangled.org

00:48:02 - Why planning on self hosting?

00:49:17 - Explaining the repo structure of mini.nvim

00:50:44 - You also have a picker? mini.pick

00:52:15 - Sylvan Franklin seems to use mini.pick

00:52:53 - Custom pickers?

00:54:03 - Issues with the matching of some pickers

00:56:18 - mini.pick has a frecency option? mini-visits (sounds like a prison conjugal visit)

00:59:30 - Thoughts on telescope?

01:01:00 - Why did you move from vim to neovim?

01:03:48 - Embarrassing experience with vim at work

01:05:32 - vscode neovim plugin

01:07:21 - Do you remember your first times using vim, was it tough?

01:10:38 - Thoughts on distros? What do you recommend to a beginner?

01:16:58 - What happened to lunarvim?

01:18:23 - Lazyvim distro or kickstart

01:19:38 - MiniMax demo

01:21:24 - Is MiniMax designed for complete beginners?

01:25:59 - mini.clue and why not which-key?

01:26:37 - Folke is always on vacation

01:29:11 - Did you copy Helix?

01:31:01 - The which-key hate continues

01:35:29 - Interview with Folke?

01:36:02 - The 30_mini.lua config file

01:39:21 - What if I want to use my own picker with MiniMax?

01:42:14 - Single config file for all plugins or a file per plugin?

01:44:21 - Echasnovski allegedly created the new neovim plugin manager vim.pack

01:48:10 - Should I wait for Neovim 0.12 before trying MiniMax?

01:52:22 - vim.pack doesn't have a healthcheck because it's perfect

01:52:54 - vim.pack demo

01:54:16 - Do you use any other plugins besides mini.nvim?

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 zen monk. Or maybe not. Let's see what he's up to because he changes his mind every couple of months.

Video:

https://youtube.com/live/vLfaiRHT6bo

What's the best way to support me?

https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enough

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 available in all podcasting platforms, like spotify, apple music, deezer, etc. If you don't find it in one, let me know and I'll add it

Video:

https://youtube.com/live/TOUby-uuZ4I

What's the best way to support me?

https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enough

Timeline:

00:00 - Introduction and Audio Check

02:00 - Guest Introduction and Channel Growth

04:00 - Discussing Linux Distributions and Hardware

06:00 - Transition to Void Linux and Debian Politics

09:00 - Polarization in the Open Source Community

12:00 - Debian's Political Changes and Systemd

16:00 - Value of Disagreement and Text Editors

18:00 - Critique of Systemd and Unix Philosophy

20:00 - IBM's Role and Linux Fragmentation

24:00 - Wayland vs X11 and Ubuntu's Evolution

28:00 - Critique of Zorin OS and Distro Recommendations

32:40 - Thoughts on arch

35:51 - Donations dynamic

37:42 - Zorin OS scam

43:55 - What terminal do you use

45:00 - Thoughts on Omarchy

46:27 - woke non woke

48:20 - Debian king, Slackware the queen

49:48 - Linkarzu switching to Void Linux?

51:15 - 21K subs, burnout?

54:44 - background, studies

55:38 - sponsorships and intellectual freedom

59:00 - tired of watching youtube and the algorithm?

01:01:45 - favorite youtubers RiccardoPalombo and antirez

01:04:28 - Bathroom break and pulp fiction mask

01:06:33 - Thoughts on NixOS

01:07:30 - I have no mercy

01:08:12 - The queen @AndreaBorman and why the mask?

01:09:45 - Thoughts on macOS

01:12:40 - Apple M series hardware

01:13:55 - Snapdragon and ARM on Linux?

01:14:45 - Thoughts on Window's

01:16:35 - THE "FREE" WORD MISCONCEPTION

01:20:00 - immick, Jellyfin, SearXNG, Mail server

01:23:28 - how to fix the poor FREE mentality

01:26:05 - Is your channel an AI?

01:28:57 - AI thumbnail fail

01:30:40 - Nobody uses AI, but everyone builds now, suspicious?

01:33:35 - Thoughts on substance abuse

01:36:00 - 2 favorites movies

01:39:00 - books

01:40:40 - talking about the queen again

01:42:45 - split the channel?

01:44:50 - Video analytics and money

01:50:00 - Superchats, you will match the donations