MikinaOct 7, 2025

New Jetbrains Update Dropped

https://programming.dev/post/38679927

Show threadBlameTheAntifa

Doesn’t anyone else use things like OpenSnitch to audit all outgoing connections? I block all phone homes until something breaks, then investigate.

If you are trapped on Windows for some corporate reason, there is SimpleWall.

We’re friends, and friends don’t let friends let apps phone home.

Oct 7, 2025 at 2:35pmWeb
Show threadPumpkin EscobarOct 7, 2025

Thanks for that suggestion, I had a passing thought a while back I should look into something like this.

Any problems in your experience? I imagine apps will fail if you’re slow to approve the outbound connection and something times out, so I get all of that, looking more for broader issues this might cause? Specifically wondering about the docker containers I run, all the development nonsense.

Show threadBlameTheAntifaOct 7, 2025
Both OpenSnitch and SimpleWall block by default. You can also set a timeout so that if you don’t respond in a certain amount of time they automatically create a permanent block rule. You can also check your rules and activity at any point. If a specific application is misbehaving you can always check its rules and change or delete them and start over. They’re very efficient, and get less intrusive over time as you respond to prompts and create more rules.
Show threadScrubblesOct 7, 2025
TIL. Don’t assume people know about this like that, for many we have never even heard of it, but I’ll be using it constantly now
Show threadBlameTheAntifaOct 7, 2025
I’m happy I could help!
Show threadlittlewonderOct 7, 2025
Can I subscribe to your newsletter? I want to hear all your other recommendations because it’s hard to find succinct and compelling “best practice” info when there’s so much conflicting advice out there.
Show threadEpheraOct 7, 2025
I feel like lots of people here use Linux, where you don’t need to be constantly vigilant of your applications working against you…
Show threadhodgepodginOct 7, 2025
A lot of proprietary tools like VScode and Jetbrains are needed on Linux if you’re a novice or not yet proficient with tools like EMacs/Vi yet. For example I couldn’t get Vscodium to load an extension I needed so I had to use VScode. But tbh I’m just making excuses cuz I don’t know how to set up a good dev environment :-(
Show threadAnyOldName3Oct 7, 2025
Technically it’s even a ToS violation to install extensions from the VS Code marketplace (or whatever it’s called) if you’re using VS Codium. Many are also available somewhere else like the code forge where they’re developed and are under open source or free software licenses, but quite a few important ones are only available through the one distribution channel you’re not allowed to use, and contain proprietary components that can’t be forked to lift this restriction.
Show threadEpheraOct 7, 2025
Personally, I find Kate is decent enough for most coding tasks. It does not have an open plugin ecosystem, so I guess, maybe it wouldn’t work for you.
But aside from plugins, whenever I see people using VS Code/-ium, I wonder why they keep raving about it. It just looks like a bogstandard editor with LSP support to me. And Microsoft may have gotten that LSP ball rolling, but it’s supported in lots of editors now…
Show threadfelbaneOct 8, 2025

VScode is certainly a heck of a lot easier to get LSPs working than e.g. vim.

If someone made it actually easy to set up neovim with lsp support that works as well as with vscode, there’d be no reason to give Microsoft any attention at all

Show threadEpheraOct 8, 2025

Is the LSP support a plugin in Neo-/Vim ?

In Kate, you just install the LSP server, which is typically as simple as apt install marksman and then Kate will automatically start it when it encounters an appropriate file.

Kate also has a Vi Mode, if that’s what you’re looking for. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Show threadmarlowe221Oct 8, 2025
Where might I find a list of languages/LSPs that Kate supports and will load automatically like that?
Show threadEpheraOct 8, 2025

Here is the default configuration: invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/…/settings.json

If you do need more LSP servers or a different one for a language, you can specify your own custom configuration in the same format.

Show threadmarlowe221Oct 9, 2025
Thanks!
Show threadAeonFelisOct 8, 2025
The LSP support itself is builtin in Neovim (not in Vim though, AFAIK), but each language server needs to be configured and activated. There is a plugin with all(ish) configurations - github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig - and activation is done with a vim.lsp.enable(“server-name”) command, which you just put in your config and the Neovim will start the LSP when you open a relevant file.
GitHub - neovim/nvim-lspconfig: Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP

Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP. Contribute to neovim/nvim-lspconfig development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
Show threadEpheraOct 9, 2025

Ah, I guess that makes sense. Kate automatically detects available LSP server executables but then prompts you before starting them for the first time, in case you did not install that and it’s malware, or I guess, in case you just placed a script there which happened to be called the same, but would be very bad to run.

Neovim could theoretically do that, too, but then you need a way to block executables, so that it stops prompting you every time, which you’d probably want in a separate config file.
So, it’s definitely a simpler solution and perhaps moreso what one would expect from a TUI editor, for you to just list the ones to run in the config file.

Show threadAeonFelisOct 9, 2025

Neovim has something better - there is a plugin that installs the servers for you - github.com/mason-org/mason.nvim - and then you can just use the servers that plugin has installed (which should be more trustworthy because you just need to trust the plugin and not some random executable)

There is also github.com/mason-org/mason-lspconfig.nvim which bridges the two and automatically enables servers that were installed via Mason.

Show threadMikinaOct 9, 2025

This was one of my biggest issues, but I did manage to succesfully switch to nvim few months ago, by installing ideavim into Rider, vscode-vim into vscode (so I can’t easily escape it when I get lazy), but most importantly - setting LazyVim as my default editor, which has been a lifesaver.

It has a pretty good LazyExtras interface for easily installing a ton of plugins, almost for every language. You just open the LazyVim menu, select a language you want, and it installs LSPs, debuggers and whatnot you may need for it. It’s probably using the nvim-lspconfig mentioned in other comments, but it has been pretty seamless.

But any other pre-made nvim config will work, this one is just more approachable than someone’s random plugin list.

🚀 Getting Started | LazyVim

LazyVim is a Neovim setup powered by 💤 lazy.nvim

Show threadBlameTheAntifaOct 7, 2025

Anyone new to these tools will be horrified at how aggressively Windows violates tries to violate your privacy with unnecessary data collection, phone-homes, etc.

Linux is galaxies better in that regard. I still don’t want anything making any connections without my explicit knowledge and consent though, and there are lots of packages and applications that try to unnecessarily exfiltrate data without asking. If you aren’t using an active firewall, you are leaking.

Show thread87SixOct 7, 2025
You my friend may just have done a great thing for me
Show threadBlameTheAntifaOct 7, 2025
I’m glad this is helping people! Please pass it on.
Show threadheatermcteetsOct 7, 2025
Does running pi hole make this redundant, or are they solving different problems?
Show threadBlameTheAntifaOct 7, 2025
They still work together. Pi-hole is an excellent second line of defense, but an active firewall tells you about what is trying to make connections and asks for your consent. Block lists are great, but they aren’t impenetrable. If you want to know exactly what your device and software are doing, you should also be using an active firewall.
Show threaddouglasg14bOct 7, 2025
TIL.
Show threadBlameTheAntifaOct 7, 2025
Not necessarily. These active firewall tools are much more thorough. They tell you any time an application or service is trying to make a connection to anywhere. Block lists are helpful, but still have gaps.
Show threadproleOct 7, 2025
This is cool, thanks.
Show threadCarighan MaconarOct 7, 2025
Can't, all corporate hardware and their software, too. Not my problem, but also not my intellectual property being stolen to be used in AI, so eh, NotMyProblemException.
Show threaditsjessOct 7, 2025

I second OpenSnitch. It’s the most annoying program i run, but the control it gives you over your outbound connections is so worth it from a security and privacy standpoint.

Once you start and run this you get to truly see how many different URLs are loaded when visiting just one website

Show threadanomnomOct 8, 2025
Lulu is a good FOSS alternative for Macs. LittleSnitch is good too but proprietary (that’s where OpenSnitch got its name)
Show threadgh0stcassetteOct 9, 2025
I did not know about this before, bookmarking the OpenSnitch github so I can try it out on my PC later
Show threadLiveLMOct 9, 2025
The last time I got a virus on Windows I was only made aware because the built-in firewall warned me a Powershell script was trying to phone home.
Since then I run SimpleWall and I highly recommend everyone else do the same. It’s annoying at the beginning but annoyance turns into peace of mind when you known nothing, not even built-in Windows processes can phone home without you knowing.