I ditched Neovim
Writing this feels funny, 2 months ago I wrote an article with a list about my favourite software where I really talked about liking Neovim but the truth is, I allways had problems with it. The diference now is that I got fed up with these issues.
My issues with Neovim
Complicated config
Lua config sounds good on paper... You can have many config files and structure them as you would if you were actually programming. The issue started once I started adding a few plugins
This is 100% skill issue, I know. Just a few months of using Neovim I started getting really confused looking at the config. Not only that I spent
Slow
After adding a few plugins expessially with the LSP, Neovim really started feeling like a powerfull and modern IDE, and thats not a good thing, it felt poorly optimized and slow (still probably faster than VScode). What I want in my text editor is speed, thats probably the most inportant factor and why I got Neovim in the first place.
Everytime I launch it theres like 4 updates I gota do, which adds to how slow it feels... And I don't have that many plugins, I had about 20
Poorly Documented
This might also be a skill issue on my end, but I found it really hard to find certain things for Neovim, expessially plugin configs. I really did spend hours trying to get an LSP and snippets working and after a while it just broke, and I had no idea how to fix it. I don't patience for that, Neovim sucks!
What I'll be using
VIM
The real Vim, made by Bram (RIP Bram)
Unlike Neovim, Vim is extremly Small, Simple and Swift. It really blows any IDE right out of the water, and using Neovim only made me realize that even more.
Vim supports plugins, LSPs, snippets and everything else Neovim does, while being faster and easier. Not only that its alot more documented, I got a working LSP and snippets working in less than 15 minutes, ITS A JOKE. Why would anyone use Neovim over Vim??? If you know the awnser please let me know.
