# The Joy of Building

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Podcast: [Fallthrough](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fallthrough-7123066)
Published: 2026-03-21T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/a7c92711
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This week Kris and Matt go full homelab. The conversation starts with Kris refreshing his dev setup: migrating NeoVim to 100% Lua, switching from ZSH to NuShell, and rethinking Tmux, all with the help of an LLM. The discussion then moves into hardware: Framework Desktop vs. Mac Studio, the RAM price explosion, 10G networking, WiFi with Private Pre-Shared Keys, and GPUs without display ports. The episode closes with a teaser for a future discussion on why Kris isn't worried about superintelligence. We've got supporter content, of course! This week that includes a mechanical keyboards deep dive, Kris's custom AI research system that runs 73 agent calls in parallel, the memory bandwidth gap between Mac Studio Ultra and datacenter GPUs, and the joy of discovering headless GPU cards. Not a supporter yet? Fix that today by heading over to https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe where you'll get not only extra content but also higher quality audio. Sign up today! If you prefer to watch this episode, you can view it on YouTube. No episode of Break this week. We'll have more aftershow episodes soon! In the meantime, catch up on previous episodes at https://break.show. Thanks for tuning in and happy listening! Notes: Lazy.nvim Mason.nvim Tree-sitter Helix Editor Ghostty Nushell Zellij ZMX Table of Contents: Prologue (00:00:00) Chapter 1: Baby Prep and Desk Organization (00:00:59) Chapter 2: Upgrading NeoVim with LLM Assistance (00:04:22) Chapter 3: The Vim Journey: Why Terminal Editors Still Win (00:09:41) Chapter 4: Terminal Emulators: Ghostty, Helix, and the Quest for Speed (00:17:12) Chapter 5: LSP, TreeSitter, and the End of the M-to-N Plugin Problem (00:20:14) Chapter 6: Customizing Key Bindings and Evaluating Your Tools (00:28:44) Chapter 8: Switching to Nushell (00:37:53) Chapte…

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