Prot Asks: Alex about LSP, Elisp programming, Guix, cycling, Go game, philosophy, and SwayWM

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In this new video series, I talk to anybody who is interested to have a video call with me (so do contact me if you want!). The topics cover anything related to Emacs, technology, and life in general. More here: https://protesilaos.com/prot-asks/.

In this video I talk with Alex about a range of interesting topics. We start with the topic of working with programming languages as a hobby: to learn about them and to write projects in them. In this context, we discuss Alex’s attempt to write a language server (LSP) for Python in Zig. We also explore the experience of developing packages in Emacs Lisp. Still on the technical side of things, I ask Alex about the Guix system and what are the reasons for or against using it. After that, I ask Alex about other hobbies, to learn about the interest in cycling and the idea of travelling around Europe on a bicycle. Next, we exchange thoughts on Alex’s learning of philosophy and discuss some of the basics of it. Towards the final part of our discussion, I ask about the Go game, which I have never played. I learn a lot in the process, while commenting on what I like more in tabletop games. Finally, Alex tells me about using the Sway tiling window manager and how positive the experience has been thus.

Here are Alex’s Git repositories: https://codeberg.org/alex-iam.