New Year's Resolutions, Vim 8.2 and the Language Server Protocol

It’s a new year, so a good time to make resolutions and dig into text editor manuals. The Vim 8.2 release has raised some excitement, prompting a fresh look at what’s been going on with Vim for the past few years.

Intro song: Czarface and MF Doom “Bomb Thrown”

Apple resolutions

• Apple Park Open Plan
• Root login bug
• Catalina 32-bit removal
• “Freedom Zero”
• Omnifocus
• Dash
• PinePhone

Vim 8.2 and alternatives

• Terraform upgrade guide
• killersheep game
• Vim 8.2 release notes
• neovim
• spacevim (distribution)
• evil mode for emacs
• Vim manual PDF
• Language Server Protocol
• Hand tools vs. wizards analogy
• VimGolf

Forks!

• OpenSSL Valhalla
• OpenSSL license change details
• Heartbleed bug
• Apple T2 security chip issues
• UEFI lockdown
• w3m

Errata

• The FSF’s “Four Freedoms” are not in the GNU Manifesto, but “What is free software?"