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 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 soonVideo:https://youtu.be/ypJTkwarAVEWhat'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 - Highlights00:01:36 - How do we pronounce your name00:04:23 - What do you do in the neovim community?00:07:53 - Neovim 0.5 and the wild wild west of lua plugins00:10:23 - We've been planning this interview for over 6 months00:12:20 - Echasnovski's ban on reddit00:14:59 - Colorscheme theory (that I didn't understand, not normie friendly)00:22:10 - Color theory is very complex as everyone is different00:23:30 - Gruvbox is for old people, highly saturated colors00:27:15 - Echasnovski created the default Neovim colorscheme00:27:38 - Justin Keyes also likes boring colors. Old soul trapped in a young body00:29:17 - Is Justin a dictator?00:32:18 - Why the reddit ban?00:38:49 - long reddit posts go through mod's approval00:40:17 - How does the shadown ban work?00:42:02 - Shoutout to Lukas Reineke00:43:37 - Account restored by a misterious reddit employee00:45:19 - Self hosting git server, codeberg, tangled.org00:48:02 - Why planning on self hosting?00:49:17 - Explaining the repo structure of mini.nvim00:50:44 - You also have a picker? mini.pick00:52:15 - Sylvan Franklin seems to use mini.pick00:52:53 - Custom pickers?00:54:03 - Issues with the matching of some pickers00:56:18 - 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 work01:05:32 - vscode neovim plugin01:07:21 - 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 kickstart01:19:38 - MiniMax demo01:21:24 - Is MiniMax designed for complete beginners?01:25:59 - mini.clue and why not which-key?01:26:37 - Folke is always on vacation01:29:11 - Did you copy Helix?01:31:01 - The which-key hate continues01:35:29 - Interview with Folke?01:36:02 - The 30_mini.lua config file01:39:21 - 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.pack01:48:10 - Should I wait for Neovim 0.12 before trying MiniMax?01:52:22 - vim.pack doesn't have a healthcheck because it's perfect01:52:54 - vim.pack demo01:54:16 - Do you use any other plugins besides mini.nvim?