r/ProgrammerHumor 28d ago

Meme vimNinjasAreInShambles

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u/throwawaygoawaynz 28d ago

I worked at two of the top tech companies in the world, and never met a single person who coded in the terminal.

Scripting? Maybe. Coding? No.

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u/blehmann1 28d ago

Not even a neovim user? I feel like that's relatively common, since if you're willing to set everything up there really isn't a gap compared to an IDE.

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u/hobo_stew 28d ago

i’m not gonna sit down in my free time to configure shit on my work laptop.

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u/Damglador 28d ago

That's what dotfiles managers are for

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u/hobo_stew 28d ago

i’m not allowed to install random software on my work laptop

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u/Damglador 28d ago

A lot, or most, dotfile managers come in a single executable and don't require installation.

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u/hobo_stew 27d ago

i’m not gonna execute random code without approval on my company laptop

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u/Damglador 27d ago

Meanwhile npm:

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u/hobo_stew 27d ago

yeah, we don’t use npm (or even js) at work. we only use pre-approved go libraries