Magit is incredible! It's a thin layer over git commands but with a nice discoverable UI. Even if I'm using a different tool to write the code I'll still use Magit for the repo.
Cool! Give it a go!
Do you know about the Emacs Wiki? It was a pretty good resource many years ago when I had my own config. Not sure how it is these days though, but you might find some useful stuff there.
As for Spacemacs, I never got into it. At the time I found it more complicated than my own setup and a bit more confusing. I know a lot of people liked it though, and it was the first starter kit I'm aware of that really took off, so it might be worth a look!
I used to maintain my own Emacs config, but I switched to Doom years ago and never looked back. I appreciate the community aspect that lets it be better integrated and tested than I had time to manage on my own.
I use it as my primary environment for everything you mentioned and its excellent. The initial setup is fairly easy too.
And because it's Emacs, if there's something you don't like, you can change it! 😄
I think that analogy falls apart because of Lemmy's architecture, which makes it a little bit more complicated.
In real life, the reach of people is limited. Extending reach IRL requires setting up external tools, like broadcasting, so there is some (albeit small) cost there.
But in Lemmy's case, reach is immediately unlimited (barring an instance being blocked by your instance of course). Instances will automatically pull and display your content with no additional effort on your part. Lemmy is even stranger than other federated software because an instance can host a diverse variety of communities, so defederation may not always be the right choice.
I agree with you if it was like going to a private forum, but Lemmy's open architecture is causing me to think about this a little more. Mass downvoting could be a signal that a community may be behaving in an inappropriate way. Or, if a community is organizing mass downvotes, that could also be a signal that they are behaving inappropriately. But the beauty of federation is that then is up to the community on the instance (ultimately the admins) to decide how to react.
Not to mention that in real life people do go to private events to protest. There were all sorts of protests when Tucker Carlson went on tour. I suppose they may not have been in the venue itself, so a bit different as well, but that sort of thing does happen.
The charlatans spinning bullshit for over 70 years is the reason we have never had anyone from "the left" in a position of power to make any meaningful change.
I haven't played with it much yet, but apparently Pandora is the new Nemesis. I can't remember exactly, but you'll probably need to install dotnet8 with winetricks.
Also, if you plan to use DynDOLOD, I found it wouldn't run with Proton, but it did seem to work if you switch to standard Wine to run the tool.
I don't really get the floating bar myself. Doesn't it take up more space and make it so you can't slam the mouse to the bottom of the screen to click things on it?
You must be looking for /c/playrust