Comment by deafpolygon

4 months ago

This is one of the many reasons why I don’t use VS Code, or use any “helpful” AI plugins (or any plugins really).

You all can take vim out of my cold dead hands.

What's stopping a vim plugin from doing similar data exfiltration? Tons of people blindly install LazyVim, Spacevim, or other vim tooling and choose a bunch of similar things.

  • In general? Nothing, really.

    I think it’s the culture behind the (neo)vim community is a bit more technical, and are quite quicker to sound the alarm if anyone tries something shady.

    But, in any event, I hand-roll my own config and every plugin I install is inspected by me. When I pull changes, I check the diffs for anything shady. If a plugin is simple enough, I will just integrate it into my own stuff.