One of the problems that Hashnode has not (yet) resolved is the ability to selectively mute those who have nothing productive to offer, yet are unwilling to stay silent.

Ha! That is madness, although an intriguing madness...

What's a PC? My first computer was an IBM 1130.

I use a hacked version of tree-view that disables drag-n-drop in the project window, thereby preventing structural disaster due to heavy-finger-on-the-mouse syndrome.

I'm not familiar with "open the catalogue", but :e $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/ ...will show the contents of that directory

The "...got my degree on accident" is sometimes called Imposter Syndrome. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Vqp1dPuPo

UPDATE: Here's a thought: ask Partner to move his app to a new VM and make sure that none of the modules are installed by root.

My guess is what @jlcfly suggested: your partner has some globally installed modules. So many times have I run into the permissions problem when installing Node apps that I just give up and sudo npm whatever . It makes me feel dirty, but I do it anyhow. :/

Try getting to work an hour or two earlier than the meeting people. Yes to the coffee but No to emails and other media until the meeting people begin to stagger into the office. At that point you've accomplished your best work and really shouldn't much care about how "productive" the rest of the day is. Relax and enjoy interacting with your colleagues, both local and remote.