# Justin M. Keyes: Neovim, Workflow, OSs, Terminals...

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Podcast: [Linkarzu Podcast | Neovim, macOS, Emacs, Linux, Terminals and more.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/linkarzu-podcast-neovim-macos-emacs-linux-terminals-and-more-7321247)
Published: 2025-11-07T15:30:13+00:00
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## Resource

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/OWk1Y9MrawQ 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 00:04:24 - Justin in New York but loves Florida 00:06:01 - Why do you do all this? 00:08:15 - Justin works at Amazon 00:09:51 - Hate in reddit at the beginning 00:12:07 - Neovim multiplied Vim's energy 00:13:30 - Does Neovim move faster than Vim? 00:15:03 - Are you Neovim's benevolent dictator? 00:16:04 - Did Neoviim gain a lot of popularity because of Prime? 00:17:46 - Justin will become a streamer 00:19:39 - Thoughts on Security 00:23:08 - Install Neovim on remote VMs? 00:25:19 - Minimal plugins 00:25:53 - Integrating webassembly 00:28:02 - Thoughts on distros, lazyvim 00:29:51 - Making Neovim beginner friendly 00:32:14 - oh my zsh bloat? 00:34:02 - What happened to kickstart? 00:34:58 - Neovim's plugin manager 00:36:17 - Core minimal and modularize? 00:38:17 - Is extending neovim bloat? 00:41:01 - Neovim embedded terminal was called bloat 00:43:41 - Super chat, embedded terminal slow neovim 00:45:23 - libghostty integration 00:47:35 - Thoughts on moving away from defaults? 00:50:21 - How do you get to normal mode 00:51:49 - Relationship with the subreddit community 00:53:04 - Neovim history, you started it? 00:55:43 - Afraid of alligators? 00:56:35 - Open source burdain 00:57:28 - What happens when you go to emacs? 00:59:54 - Theena moving to emacs, thoughts 01:02:51 - Thoughts on emacs 01:04:09 - Relationship with emacs comm…

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