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Andrew's Substack · Aug 2, 2024

What's interesting about the Zed editor

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Andrew Huth · Andrew's Substack

Zed is an open-source code editor from the creators of Atom and tree-sitter.

There’s a lot going for it.

  • It’s Rust, which is cool!

  • Even better, it’s not Electron1.

  • And it makes use of the GPU, making it buttery smooth.

The most interesting Zed feature to me, though, is channels.

Channels are a collaboration feature. So what, though? Many editors allow people to collaborate and live edit code together.

What's different is Zed channels are long-lived. They're more like a Slack channel, dedicated to a particular project or effort. Anyone wanting to help out, pair up, or see what's going on can drop in.

Seems like a nice way to do remote collaboration. What do you think?

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I actually have no problem with Electron. vs-code is amazing, and Electron is a great solution for writing cross-platform apps.

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