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            "processed": "<p>I've been <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/blog\/going-full-vim\">a full-time Neovim user<\/a> since July 2021.<\/p>\n<p>I've used Nix since September 2022, when I migrated my dotfiles from using Ansible to use Nix and Home Manager.<\/p>\n<p>My Neovim configuration has gone through several iterations to what it is today.<\/p>\n<p>I've used Nix for a while to install plugins for Neovim, but the configuration was all written in Lua files which were placed by Home Manager into the correct directory.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I've switched to using a project called NixVim.<\/p>\n<p>It enables configuring Neovim using the Nix language, which is converted to Lua code behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Doing this makes my configuration files <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/daily\/2024\/11\/21\/one-configuration-language-to-rule-them-all\">more consistent and easier to maintain<\/a>, and reduced the amount of code I needed for my Neovim configuration.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the configuration in Nix is equivalent to the options in Lua, but there are some great settings like <code>plugins.lsp.enable<\/code> and <code>plugins.cmp.enable<\/code> that make it easy to configure language servers and completion.<\/p>\n<p>I've also found a <a href=\"https:\/\/fulltimenix.com\/episodes\/contributing-to-nixpkgs-nixvim-with-gaetan-lepage\">great episode about this<\/a> on the Full Time Nix podcast that I'd recommend to find out more.<\/p>\n<p>If you're interested in Nix and\/or Neovim, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nix-community\/nixvim\">give NixVim a look<\/a>.<\/p>\n",
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