LazyVim For Ambitious Developers: Hardcover Available
I’ve been expecting this in my mailbox since Monday, but it didn’t arrive until today. One of the drawbacks of living in a rural location is that mail is not always on the same schedule as the rest of the world.
I’m much happier with the new proof. The full-colour interior is crisp and clean (and doesn’t crop off the page numbers), and the matte hardcover feels really elegant.
If you’ve been waiting for the print edition, it is available for purchase through PayHip here: https://payhip.com/b/aQirv
For those interested in what happens behind the scenes, I chose PayHip because they integrate directly with BookVault, the printing company I am using. Orders are automatically submitted directly to the printer without me having to play middle man. I have to pay for the printing of each book directly, because PayHip doesn’t send any money to BookVault for me. I’m working on getting USD account details because my CAD card has horrible exchange rates. The money’s going to have to follow a winding route from PayHip to PayPal to Wise to BookVault, but at least it will all be in the same currency. Then I can use Wise’s terrific exchange rates to convert what is left to CAD.
For transparency, between Patreon and Github support and ebook sales, I’ve earned around $1000 CAD so far. Obviously nothing compared to what I could have made if I’d been earning tech salary instead of writing, but totally enough to feel worth it. And the wonderful reviews I’ve already been seeing on PayHip are priceless. Thank you so much!
In other news, my cash reserves are dwindling, so I’ve started looking for a new role! Feel free to reach out on LinkedIn if you know anyone who might be interested in hiring a software developer with a quarter century of experience, a passion for developer velocity, and a bizarre interest in esoteric tech stacks!
This will, unfortunately, affect my work on the macabre gleam-to-python compiler and the glimpse typechecker. I’m not currently planning to abandon them, but it remains to be seen if I can carry a full-time job, keep working on my side-hustle, Fablehenge, and maintain my open-source interests. Wish me luck!
Posts to this newsletter will slow down, but you can expect at least a few more updates from me! I’m working on getting the print book into more channels, and the ebook into Google Play and hopefully Itunes. Will keep you updated on that as I progress.
LazyVim development has been slow lately, but there was a new release last week. I will continue to update the web version of the book as the distro changes. Errata reports have dropped off, which I hope means there aren’t too many errors in the print book! Keep ‘em coming, though, as there will probably be a second edition someday, depending how LazyVim and the NeoVim ecosystem evolves.
Finally, I haven’t put it in the book, yet, but I have been appreciating the nvim-rip-substitute plugin. It’s a bit more user-friendly than the :s command described in Chapter 13. I don’t think it makes the flow any faster or easier, really, but it’s friendlier. My configuration is:
return {
"chrisgrieser/nvim-rip-substitute",
keys = {
{
"g/",
function()
require("rip-substitute").sub()
end,
mode = { "n", "x" },
desc = "Rip Substitute",
},
},
}
That’s all for today! Thanks, as always, for your support, and I really hope those of you who love dead trees as much as I do will enjoy the new print edition of LazyVim for Ambitious Developers!
Dusty