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This is the reason why I switched from VSCode to nvim (AstroNvim to be specific). It has all the things I need with the ability to add any extra plugins necessary while using less resources. I can't tell how much less resources it uses - haven't really tested that. To be fair to VSCode often times biggest resource hog is various language servers.", "context": "", "use_case": "code editing", "switched_from": "VS Code", "story": "I feel like VSCode is falling apart"}, {"id": 769913280, "item_id": 48119580, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48119580", "by": "lcvriend", "date": "2026-05-13", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have also been really impressed with AstroNVim", "excerpt": "Yeah, I have also been really impressed with AstroNVim. I tried using LazyVim for quite some time but I kept having a hard time getting used to it. Somehow I kept tripping up when trying to do things. On one of my servers I needed to disable icons which AstroNVim handles very conveniently (https://docs.astronvim.com/recipes/icons/#disable-icons). After switching I noticed that using AstroNVim feels so much more natur", "context": "", "use_case": "Neovim IDE setup", "switched_from": "LazyVim", "story": "The vi family"}, {"id": 769899328, "item_id": 48118708, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48118708", "by": "jauntywundrkind", "date": "2026-05-13", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "What really seals the AstroNVim deal for me though is the community packs.", "excerpt": "I similarly thank the stars I ran into AstroNVim, which itself is based on LazyVim. Out of the box it has a lot of well integrated/just works pieces. It has a bunch of leader key things setup, and, crucially, a little visual navigator at the bottom of the screen. Going from powerful but invisible to having something I could see was such a help! I'd compare it to moving from tmux to zellij but I'm a pretty happy tmux ", "context": "", "use_case": "Neovim IDE setup", "switched_from": "", "story": "The vi family"}, {"id": 768026208, "item_id": 48001638, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48001638", "by": "jbvlkt", "date": "2026-05-03", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use astronvim as main editor", "excerpt": "I have just combined those together. I use astronvim as main editor but when I need IDE I switch to Idea. I use ideavim with configuration as close as possible to astronvim. So text editing is the same for me in both programs. Modal editors are still great and they can do a lot of work that looks like magic for AI era trained developers.", "context": "", "use_case": "main code editor", "switched_from": "", "story": "Why TUIs Are Back"}, {"id": 761059024, "item_id": 47566189, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47566189", "by": "jauntywundrkind", "date": "2026-03-29", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been loving NeoVim with AstroNvim so much.", "excerpt": "I've been loving NeoVim with AstroNvim so much. I'd done some editor configuration and it felt daunting and mostly just... didn't. And I was not good about using the leader key, because of tmux to zellij problems, that nothing was discoverable (zellij adds visual overlays to guide you through usage, unlike tmux's memorize everything approach). AstroNvim has changed both of these so much for me: there's excellent comm", "context": "", "use_case": "Neovim configuration", "switched_from": "", "story": "Neovim 0.12.0"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["neovim configuration", "neovim ide setup", "code editing", "main code editor"], "compared": [{"slug": "lazyvim", "name": "LazyVim", "co": 2, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "visual-studio-code", "name": "Visual Studio Code", "co": 2, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "tmux", "name": "tmux", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "zellij", "name": "Zellij", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48033483", "title": "The vi family", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49499854", "title": "Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48677369", "title": "I feel like VSCode is falling apart", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48000028", "title": "Why TUIs Are Back", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47565316", "title": "Neovim 0.12.0", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46498735", "title": "I switched from VSCode to Zed", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 3}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 792057715, "item_id": 49503607, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49503607", "by": "dmix", "date": "2026-08-30", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "also tried using and also ended up heavily customizing myself", "excerpt": "> No need to use a whole distribution with 1000 other poor decisions made for you. I used Vim for a decade (and Linux for much of that time) and the constant tweaking and changing things drives you mad after a while. The more you invent it yourself the more it changes. This is why I prefer MacOS+VSCode these days, which comes with good defaults and simpler VIM-style bindings. Omarchy sounds like those popular vim con", "context": "", "use_case": "Neovim configuration", "switched_from": "", "story": "Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root"}, {"id": 779305808, "item_id": 48706613, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48706613", "by": "Ronsenshi", "date": "2026-06-28", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It has all the things I need with the ability to add any extra plugins necessary while using less resources.", "excerpt": "You're not alone. This is the reason why I switched from VSCode to nvim (AstroNvim to be specific). It has all the things I need with the ability to add any extra plugins necessary while using less resources. I can't tell how much less resources it uses - haven't really tested that. To be fair to VSCode often times biggest resource hog is various language servers.", "context": "", "use_case": "code editing", "switched_from": "VS Code", "story": "I feel like VSCode is falling apart"}, {"id": 769913280, "item_id": 48119580, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48119580", "by": "lcvriend", "date": "2026-05-13", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have also been really impressed with AstroNVim", "excerpt": "Yeah, I have also been really impressed with AstroNVim. I tried using LazyVim for quite some time but I kept having a hard time getting used to it. Somehow I kept tripping up when trying to do things. On one of my servers I needed to disable icons which AstroNVim handles very conveniently (https://docs.astronvim.com/recipes/icons/#disable-icons). 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