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Fueled by Lemons
Personal blog · fueledbylemons.comprogrammingproductivity
Fueled by Lemons is a personal blog at fueledbylemons.com about programming and productivity. Since 2011, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Snippets in Vim: Why UltiSnips?”. The last post was in 2011, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in vim plugin discussions, including a 2011 post titled 'Why UltiSnips' that a commenter cites when recommending UltiSnips over the abandoned snipMate.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Snippets in Vim: Why UltiSnips?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2011-08-01
What Hacker News says?
Every time an article like this comes up, snipMate seems to be mentioned. This particular author even pointed to the old repository which appears unmaintained and has not had a check-in for two years. Where's the love for UltiSnips? [1] UltiSnips is actively maintained and well documented, not to mention supporting many more features, such as Python interpolation. More info at [2]. [1] https://github.com/SirVer/ulti…
Comment linking /blog/2011/07/27/why-ultisnips/
on “Plugins you should put in your vimrc”Submitted Snippets in Vim: Why UltiSnips? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI'd recommend trying Ultisnips instead (of the now abandoned) snipmate: http://fueledbylemons.com/blog/2011/07/27/why-ultisnips/ I realise there is a fork going, but Ultisnips is providing a ton more features and seems a lot nicer in many aspects.
Comment linking /blog/2011/07/27/why-ultisnips/
on “List of vim plugins I use - with mini tutorials”