From Neovim to Helix
28 October 2025
Reasons why I'm leaving Neovim in favour of Helix editor due to its simplicity
#neovim#editor#helix
About Me
Design engineer wannabe with 4+ years of experience on web-related things. I like building softwares in general and enjoy geeking out about them. Loves to learn and tinker with random things, currently in the process of learning Japanese and becoming a coffee snob (not actually, I just like coffee :) Feel free to say hi!
Work Experience
Open Source Contributions
Here are some of my merged pull requests across various open source projects.
fix(context): truncate type definition to match max read line
#8509 • merged 10/30/2025
+623 -2
6 files
fix(modes): custom modes under custom path not showing
#8499 • merged 10/28/2025
+10 -15
4 files
fix(export): exclude max tokens field for models that don't support it
#8464 • merged 10/24/2025
+208 -0
2 files
fix(ui): make auto approve toggle trigger stay
#7318 • merged 8/23/2025
+23 -25
1 file
refactor(storage): better fs check
#7164 • merged 8/21/2025
+159 -4
2 files
feat(web): fill missing SEO-related values
#7096 • merged 8/14/2025
+239 -24
7 files
refactor: more consistent history UI
#4684 • merged 6/14/2025
+1430 -757
36 files
chore: add data-testid rule
#4505 • merged 6/11/2025
+1 -0
1 file
chore: improve feature request template
#4338 • merged 6/4/2025
+150 -32
1 file
fix: ambiguous model id error
#4306 • merged 6/17/2025
+509 -92
14 files
fix(textarea): empty string as fallback
#3463 • merged 5/11/2025
+1 -1
1 file
fix(prompts): revert to vscodetextarea to prevent race condition
#3343 • merged 5/9/2025
+12 -11
2 files
fix: properly handle mode name overflow
#3328 • merged 5/8/2025
+24 -2
1 file
refactor: general UI improvements
#2987 • merged 5/6/2025
+403 -490
24 files
fix(action): handle edge case for add to context action
#2780 • merged 4/21/2025
+132 -11
2 files
fix(icons): use geometricPrecision to avoid blurriness
#2756 • merged 4/21/2025
+8 -0
1 file
fix(chat): better loading feedback
#2750 • merged 4/23/2025
+3 -0
1 file
refactor(chat): show inline code more subtle
#2747 • merged 5/1/2025
+3 -4
1 file
[DRAFT] feat(menu): use material icons for files and folders
#2739 • merged 4/22/2025
+67 -19
4 files
fix(mention): conditionally remove aftercursor content
#2732 • merged 4/23/2025
+6 -1
1 file
refactor(context-menu): handle filename display better
#2684 • merged 4/16/2025
+27 -11
1 file
feat(svelte): inject JS on `each` expression
#1969 • merged 11/2/2021
+4 -1
1 file
feat: add prisma support
#1958 • merged 11/27/2021
+104 -0
5 files
feat: use serenadeai scss
#1343 • merged 5/26/2021
+3 -2
2 files
fix(php): highlights function call expression
#1318 • merged 5/19/2021
+4 -0
2 files
refactor: make html-like languages inherit from single query
#1276 • merged 5/17/2021
+61 -119
7 files
feat: add haskell highlights
#1210 • merged 6/26/2021
+124 -0
1 file
feat: add scss parser
#1109 • merged 4/8/2021
+71 -1
6 files
feat(dart): add indents
#1008 • merged 3/8/2021
+27 -0
1 file
feat: use @ignore for comments and multiline strings
#987 • merged 3/1/2021
+32 -0
12 files
svelte: also capture src as text.uri
#983 • merged 2/28/2021
+1 -1
1 file
feat: add java indent
#965 • merged 2/21/2021
+20 -0
1 file
fix: rust use_list + tuple_expression indent
#935 • merged 2/8/2021
+2 -0
1 file
feat: add support for svelte
#920 • merged 2/23/2021
+120 -0
6 files
fix: added missing enum indent for typescript
#866 • merged 1/21/2021
+1 -0
1 file
fix: dedent golang case keyword
#861 • merged 1/20/2021
+1 -0
1 file
fix: js indent for object inside arguments
#857 • merged 1/20/2021
+1 -0
1 file
feat: add missing golang indent queries
#852 • merged 1/15/2021
+4 -0
1 file
feat: added more indent queries
#825 • merged 1/14/2021
+188 -0
15 files
feat: added more fold queries
#819 • merged 1/4/2021
+14 -0
4 files
feat(injections): add injections to HTML
#699 • merged 11/24/2020
+5 -0
1 file
refactor: remove unused parameter
#1044 • merged 7/25/2021
+11 -11
2 files
feat: add `add_to_qflist`, `add_selected`, and `smart_add`
#636 • merged 3/12/2021
+31 -7
1 file
feat: define scroll speed + smart_send to qflist
#610 • merged 3/5/2021
+45 -22
5 files
feat: add expand_dir opts for git_status
#591 • merged 3/2/2021
+8 -1
1 file
fix: proper multibytes chars alignment
#560 • merged 2/26/2021
+10 -4
2 files
fix: scroll misbehaving + fixed jump to middle
#547 • merged 2/24/2021
+23 -8
4 files
docs: update outdated gif + more demo
#546 • merged 2/25/2021
+2 -1
1 file
fix: no TS highlight if it gets loaded after Telescope
#479 • merged 1/30/2021
+8 -0
1 file
fix: escape filename for previewer and action
#456 • merged 1/23/2021
+5 -3
2 files
fix: escape filename before opening it
#453 • merged 1/22/2021
+1 -1
1 file
fix: escape chars instead of resetting the prompt
#379 • merged 1/3/2021
+14 -1
1 file
fix: live_grep throws an error if you insert `\`
#378 • merged 1/3/2021
+2 -0
1 file
docs: fix builtin table formatting
#272 • merged 11/22/2020
+12 -13
1 file
fix(lsp): convert range to byteidx before highlighting
#16218 • merged 11/6/2021
+25 -8
2 files
feat(lsp): hide triple - in hover window
#14482 • merged 6/14/2021
+3 -1
1 file
feat(lsp): make hover/signature_help borders configurable
#14300 • merged 4/6/2021
+60 -8
3 files
typo: PackerProfile -> PackerCompile
#322 • merged 4/26/2021
+1 -1
1 file
fix: string.fmt -> string.format
#222 • merged 2/18/2021
+1 -1
1 file
feat: added vls
#658 • merged 1/27/2021
+36 -0
1 file
Add support for "Svelte" language server
#385 • merged 12/29/2020
+46 -0
1 file
fix: right-side tabs was incorrectly positioned on compact mode
#968 • merged 8/27/2024
+20 -0
1 file
fix: {next,prev}_item mapping
#18 • merged 8/13/2021
+2 -2
1 file
fix: escape filename before opening it
#187 • merged 1/22/2021
+1 -1
1 file
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Personal Projects
These are some of my personal projects that I made in the past. Some of them are still in use, some are not. Mostly made them just for fun and to learn new things!
