6 Neovim Plugins I Use To Troll Code Reviewers


6 Neovim Plugins I Use To Troll Code Reviewers

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Ever felt like your coding experience lacks a certain… je ne sais quoi?

Most developers solve the problem of mental fatigue or coding block by taking a coffee break or scrolling through social media.

While these methods can provide a temporary distraction, they often pull you completely out of your focus.

My solution? Stay right where you are, but add a touch of the unexpected to your familiar Neovim setup.

See what i did there? I just made a justification for taking away your precious productive minutes

Perhaps what you’re missing is a duck 🦆 waddling across your screen or your code raining down like Matrix-style 🈯 digital precipitation.

Fear not, fellow developers, for the Neovim community has got your back with a plethora of utterly useless yet oddly entertaining plugins.

These plugins serve no practical purpose. From making your code “rain” to typewriter sound effects that transport you back to the 1920s, you’re going to want to try these. So with out further ado, let’s start:

  1. Cellular Automation Because who needs readable code when you can have a digital rainstorm in your editor?
    This one is a great way to troll any code reviewer. It’s like The Matrix, but with less Keanu and more semicolons.
  2. Duck.nvim For when rubber duck debugging isn’t enough. Now you can watch an actual duck waddle through your spaghetti code. Don’t stop there though, you can hatch() any emoji with no limit until your screen is crawling with creatures running around.
  3. Discotheque.vim Turn your boring old syntax highlighting into a groovy disco party. Warning: unmaintained and just as well unnecessary.
  4. Typewriter Embrace your inner Hemingway with authentic typewriter sounds. Perfect for when you want to feel like you’re writing a novel instead of debugging a bash script gone rogue.
  5. Vim Syntax Christmas Tree Feeling festive? Working on Christmas? Because nothing says “I’m a professional developer” like a twinkling Christmas tree next to your production code.
  6. Deal With It For when your code reviewer leaves one too many nitpicky comments. Respond with style and sass, all without leaving your beloved Neovim.

Wanna hear how a junior dev managed to lock themselves (and the rest of the company) our of their main server?

Here’s a thread I wrote this morning.

Thank you for reading, have a great weekend.

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