kitchen sink cause I'm too lazy to sort through this junk

init.lua

@@ -4,15 +4,20 @@ a = vim.api
 g = vim.g
 c = vim.cmd
 
+-- performance ----------------------------------------------------------------
+vim.loader.enable()
+
 -- main lua files -------------------------------------------------------------
 require('bootstrap')
 require('core.handler')
 
 -- call all snippets in the lua/snippets directory ----------------------------
-require('snippet.shorthands')
-for _, file in ipairs(vim.fn.readdir(vim.fn.stdpath('config')..'/lua/snippet',
-  [[v:val =~ '\.lua$']])) do
-  require('snippet.'..file:gsub('%.lua$', ''))
+if pcall(require, "luasnip") then
+  require('snippet.shorthands')
+  for _, file in ipairs(vim.fn.readdir(vim.fn.stdpath('config')..'/lua/snippet',
+    [[v:val =~ '\.lua$']])) do
+    require('snippet.'..file:gsub('%.lua$', ''))
+  end
 end
 
 -- call the config manager ----------------------------------------------------