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Basic Neovim config

Darryl Dias — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:49:00 +0000

I’ve put together a basic Neovim configuration that relies entirely on Neovim’s native features. This setup avoids third‑party plugins, making it lightweight, fast, and easy to understand — perfect if you’re just starting out or want a minimal environment. Link to the GitHub repository.

You can find the configuration on my GitHub repository. To get started, simply clone it to your local machine.

Installation Instructions

Open your terminal.
Navigate to your Neovim configuration directory: cd ~/.config
Clone the repository:

git clone git@github.com:DarrylDias/basic-nvim.git nvim

Launch Neovim

nvim

Enjoy your clean, plugin‑free Neovim setup.

Why This Config?

Lightweight: No external dependencies.
Educational: Helps you learn Neovim’s built‑in features.
Stable: Fewer moving parts means fewer breakages.

Install Turso Limbo on Linux

Darryl Dias — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:41:00 +0000

What is Limbo?

According to the Limbo GitHub project, "Limbo is a work-in-progress, in-process OLTP database management system" developed by Turso, compatible with SQLite. You can think of this another version of SQLite written in Rust. You can read more about Limbo here.

Installing Limbo.

To install Limbo all you need to do is run the curl command below.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf \
  https://github.com/penberg/limbo/releases/latest/download/limbo-installer.sh | sh

If the above command is successful, you can run limbo in the Terminal to access SQL shell.

limbo

To create a database simple run

limbo <database-name>.db

Exampe

limbo dingo.db

Here is an example of SQL commands that you can run in the SQL shell.

limbo> CREATE TABLE users (id INT PRIMARY KEY, username TEXT);
limbo> INSERT INTO users VALUES (1, 'alice');
limbo> INSERT INTO users VALUES (2, 'bob');
limbo> SELECT * FROM users;

That's it folks!

Remove unused Flatpak Runtimes from Linux

Darryl Dias — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 18:06:06 +0000

Flatpak does not remove dependencies such as runtime components after a certain program is removed, this means if the program has been uninstalled the runtime libraries do not uninstall with it.

This can over time cause massive disk space usage if you heavily rely on it.