diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 49334c2..64317a5 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ require('lazy').setup({
       vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>s.', builtin.oldfiles, { desc = '[S]earch Recent Files ("." for repeat)' })
       vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader><leader>', builtin.buffers, { desc = '[ ] Find existing buffers' })
 
+      vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>sl', ':Telescope luasnip<CR>', { desc = '[S]earch [L]uasnip' })
+
       -- Slightly advanced example of overriding default behavior and theme
       vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>/', function()
         -- You can pass additional configuration to Telescope to change the theme, layout, etc.
@@ -697,16 +699,19 @@ require('lazy').setup({
           end
           return 'make install_jsregexp'
         end)(),
+        config = function()
+          require 'snippets'
+        end,
         dependencies = {
           -- `friendly-snippets` contains a variety of premade snippets.
           --    See the README about individual language/framework/plugin snippets:
           --    https://github.com/rafamadriz/friendly-snippets
-          -- {
-          --   'rafamadriz/friendly-snippets',
-          --   config = function()
-          --     require('luasnip.loaders.from_vscode').lazy_load()
-          --   end,
-          -- },
+          {
+            'rafamadriz/friendly-snippets',
+            config = function()
+              require('luasnip.loaders.from_vscode').lazy_load()
+            end,
+          },
         },
       },
       'saadparwaiz1/cmp_luasnip',
diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/markdown-preview.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/markdown-preview.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1591c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/markdown-preview.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+return {
+  'iamcco/markdown-preview.nvim',
+  cmd = { 'MarkdownPreviewToggle', 'MarkdownPreview', 'MarkdownPreviewStop' },
+  ft = { 'markdown' },
+  build = function()
+    vim.fn['mkdp#util#install']()
+  end,
+}
diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/markdown.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/markdown.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b51511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/markdown.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+return {
+  'MeanderingProgrammer/render-markdown.nvim',
+  opts = {},
+  dependencies = { 'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter' },
+}
diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/mini-align.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/mini-align.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b65978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/mini-align.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+return {
+  'echasnovski/mini.align',
+  version = false,
+  config = function()
+    require('mini.align').setup()
+  end,
+}
diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/noice.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/noice.lua
index 6278aba..13277ad 100644
--- a/lua/custom/plugins/noice.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/noice.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ return {
       -- OPTIONAL:
       --   `nvim-notify` is only needed, if you want to use the notification view.
       --   If not available, we use `mini` as the fallback
-      'rcarriga/nvim-notify',
+      -- 'rcarriga/nvim-notify',
     },
   },
 }
diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/nvimtree.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/nvimtree.lua
index 5f37179..cdc0ab4 100644
--- a/lua/custom/plugins/nvimtree.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/nvimtree.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ return {
         group_empty = true,
       },
       filters = {
-        dotfiles = true,
+        dotfiles = false,
       },
     }
   end,
diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/surround.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/surround.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e32286c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/surround.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+return {
+  'kylechui/nvim-surround',
+  version = '*', -- Use for stability; omit to use `main` branch for the latest features
+  event = 'VeryLazy',
+  config = function()
+    require('nvim-surround').setup {
+      -- Configuration here, or leave empty to use defaults
+    }
+  end,
+}
diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/telescope-luasnip.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/telescope-luasnip.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d82b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/telescope-luasnip.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+return {
+  'benfowler/telescope-luasnip.nvim',
+}
diff --git a/lua/kickstart/plugins/indent_line.lua b/lua/kickstart/plugins/indent_line.lua
index ed7f269..f41b600 100644
--- a/lua/kickstart/plugins/indent_line.lua
+++ b/lua/kickstart/plugins/indent_line.lua
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 return {
-  { -- Add indentation guides even on blank lines
-    'lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim',
-    -- Enable `lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim`
-    -- See `:help ibl`
-    main = 'ibl',
-    opts = {},
-  },
+	{
+		'lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim',
+		main = 'ibl',
+		opts = {},
+	},
 }
diff --git a/lua/kickstart/plugins/lint.lua b/lua/kickstart/plugins/lint.lua
index ca9bc23..557407d 100644
--- a/lua/kickstart/plugins/lint.lua
+++ b/lua/kickstart/plugins/lint.lua
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ return {
     config = function()
       local lint = require 'lint'
       lint.linters_by_ft = {
-        markdown = { 'markdownlint' },
+        --  markdown = { 'markdownlint' },
       }
 
       -- To allow other plugins to add linters to require('lint').linters_by_ft,
diff --git a/lua/snippets.lua b/lua/snippets.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8eae9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/snippets.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+local ls = require 'luasnip'
+-- some shorthands...
+local snip = ls.snippet
+local node = ls.snippet_node
+local text = ls.text_node
+local insert = ls.insert_node
+local func = ls.function_node
+local choice = ls.choice_node
+local dynamicn = ls.dynamic_node
+
+local date = function()
+  return { os.date '%Y-%m-%d' }
+end
+
+ls.add_snippets(nil, {
+  markdown = {
+    snip({
+      trig = 'blogpost',
+      namr = 'Zola blogpost Frontmatter',
+      dscr = 'Frontmatter metadata for Zola markdown blogpost',
+    }, {
+      text { '---', 'title = ' },
+      insert(1, 'note_title'),
+      text { '', 'author = Joost Agterhoek' },
+      text { '', 'date = ' },
+      func(date, {}),
+      text { '', 'updated = ' },
+      func(date, {}),
+      text { '', '[taxonomies]' },
+      text { '', "tags = ['" },
+      insert(2, ''),
+      text { "']" },
+      text { '', '---', '', '' },
+      insert(0),
+    }),
+  },
+})