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Vim After Bram: A Core Maintainer on How They’ve Kept It Going

Following Bram Moolenaar's passing in August 2023, Vim maintainer Christian Brabandt and the community worked to ensure the text editor's continuity, facing infrastructure challenges while maintaining development momentum. The project successfully transitioned leadership, released Vim 9.1 in January 2024, and now operates in maintenance mode while focusing on community health and backward compatibility.

hexa- (@hexa@chaos.social)

A discussion about concerns regarding telemetry implementation in NixOS packages and governance issues within the NixOS community, highlighting conflicts between commercial interests and FOSS principles, particularly focusing on controversial decisions around package modifications and community management.