Meet Sylvan Franklin: Neovim, Aura coding, Pyramid Schemes & More

Sylvan Franklin (aka ‘Vimothée Chalamet) talking about Typst (and demoing it), Vim, content creation, tech hot takes, and why you have to earn his YouTube hearts

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/111x2xidPaQ

What's the best way to support me?

https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enough

Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:01:15 - U get the reference? Only for men of culture

00:02:04 - Vimothée name

00:03:09 - Why did you get started with Vim?

00:05:50 - How old are you?

00:06:12 - What's this thing about the pyramid schemes on your website?

00:08:07 - GitHub profile

00:09:23 - Corporate Linkedin?

00:11:36 - Thoughts on current content out there?

00:13:42 - The average guy can't buy a mac, that's why they "love" linux so much (his words, not mine)

00:16:04 - I see a lot of Vim in our videos, so are you into vim or neovim?

00:19:25 - Compatibility via SSH on servers, should you install Neovim on a corporate server?

00:21:45 - How do you feel about over-edited videos, do they distract you?

00:23:50 - Why don't you reply to every comment, do you selectively give hearts out so they feel touched by God?

00:25:38 - Thoughts on sponsorhips?

00:27:18 - What about high striped socks for your audience?

00:28:56 - Fireship was aquired by a private equity firm?

00:35:18 - Thoughts on promoting and helping small channels?

00:36:21 - Why did you start with youtube?

00:38:59 - Where are you from? Vermont. Is that where Prime is from?

00:40:05 - Muricans, let's stop calling it America, and use United States

00:40:46 - Have you seen the piratesoftware drama?

00:41:23 - Thoughts on drugs, alcohol and substance abuse?

00:50:07 - Sylvan talking about his parents

00:52:33 - Have you watched the Beautifol Boy movie by Timothée Chalamet?

00:54:05 - Any thougts on a supreme being (God)

00:58:43 - What does GenZ believe in?

01:00:28 - What do your parents and family think about your YouTube journey?

01:01:14 - Do we have a lot of self-diagnosed ADHDers out there right now? Is it a trend?

01:03:47 - Thoughts on Adderall and medication

01:08:22 - Are we over stimulated with social media and stuff?

01:10:24 - YouTube studio app?

01:12:29 - Do we all watch videos on 1.5 or 2 speed? What do you use to edit videos?

01:14:13 - What are you studying? What does a Math Major do?

01:18:51 - Why mac and not Linux?

01:24:12 - Thoughts on Windows?

01:25:37 - Any plans to switch to Linux in the future?

01:29:23 - Friends think about your channel and IT passion?

01:30:53 - Did Prime's reaction increase your subs?

01:31:52 - Do looks impact your percentage of female youtube audience?

01:33:41 - Thoughts on Prime's harpoon?

01:36:27 - Thoughts on Tmux? Uses tmux-sessionizer

01:38:36 - Sylvan Demo on Typst, how does it compare to LaTeX

01:46:30 - fizz buzz demo

01:47:51 - LSP for typst called tinymist

01:52:16 - Would a professional book writer benefit from typst or just math people?

01:56:15 - How has your experience as an intern been?

01:57:56 - How do you use AI?

02:01:08 - Neovim distro or not distro?

02:02:46 - LazyGit?

02:04:58 - Did you fall for the Ghostty hype?

02:08:26 - Window manager on macOS, Aerospace or Yabai?

02:09:50 - Single or multiple monitors?

02:10:29 - Keyboard?

02:17:54 - Music bands?

02:19:49 - Movies?

02:20:38 - Videogames?

02:22:39 - Story behind the linkarzu name