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Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by maxbrunsfeld »

subarctic wrote: post #9

I liked the idea of the new layout with the agent thread on the left, it goes hand-in-hand with having multiple threads that are easy to switch between and running concurrently, but I switched back because my file tree disappeared and I couldn't easily see how to add it back

In the new layout, the project panel and git panel are just moved to the right side, so that the agent panel could be on the left, and you could still view both at the same time.

Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by rtfeldman »

jamie_ca wrote: post #7

I'm buying into this workflow more the more I use it, but the real gamechanger is (a) parallel threads in worktrees, with (b) enough lifecycle hooks to treat them similarly to spinning up a VM. Specifically for me that means that after I create a worktree I get some local config files copied over and Postgres duplicating my local dev and test databases so I can test in isolation, and then when I close out a worktree…

> The best at that that I've found is Conductor, but I can't use it at work because we only have Copilot and they're locked to a Claude/Codex backend.

FYI, you can use Copilot directly in Zed!

Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by xiej »

Funny how Zed's tagline is

  Love your editor again
  Zed is a minimal code editor crafted for speed and collaboration with humans and AI.
At home, I don't use any AI when coding, to keep my brain sharp. But it's clear that Zed's focus is on AI integration because that's where the money's going (seriously, where is the setting to have a different ui icon size vs ui font size). Is there any editor still being being developed and focusing on the experience of coding by hand?

Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by ellieh »

verse wrote: post #8

I personally don't love the idea of the default layout pushing aside my code and filetree to make space for AI tools I really like Zed, I use it every day. But, if I'd seen this layout when I first installed, I never would have taken it seriously I imagine this will push some new users away

> I imagine this will push some new users away

I suspect it will gain them more users than it will lose

Most other tools doing this are heavy, buggy, and built on electron

Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by taude »

xiej wrote: post #15

Funny how Zed's tagline is Love your editor again Zed is a minimal code editor crafted for speed and collaboration with humans and AI. At home, I don't use any AI when coding, to keep my brain sharp. But it's clear that Zed's focus is on AI integration because that's where the money's going (seriously, where is the setting to have a different ui icon size vs ui font size). Is there any editor still being being develo…

Emacs. ;)

Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by modernerd »

xiej wrote: post #15

Funny how Zed's tagline is Love your editor again Zed is a minimal code editor crafted for speed and collaboration with humans and AI. At home, I don't use any AI when coding, to keep my brain sharp. But it's clear that Zed's focus is on AI integration because that's where the money's going (seriously, where is the setting to have a different ui icon size vs ui font size). Is there any editor still being being develo…

> seriously, where is the setting to have a different ui size vs ui font size

Search for font size in preferences.

You'll see a 'font size' under 'buffer' (editor), under 'UI Font', and under 'Agent Panel' to let you control font sizes in all of those places independently.

> Is there any editor still being being developed and focusing on the experience of coding by hand?

Zed lets you hand-edit too! It's fast and decent. vim, neovim, Emacs, Helix, and JetBrains products continue to do that well too. There are still more traditional IDEs/editors than pure AI ones.

You can also toggle AI features off in Zed from preferences if you want to.

Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by iknowstuff »

xiej wrote: post #15

Funny how Zed's tagline is Love your editor again Zed is a minimal code editor crafted for speed and collaboration with humans and AI. At home, I don't use any AI when coding, to keep my brain sharp. But it's clear that Zed's focus is on AI integration because that's where the money's going (seriously, where is the setting to have a different ui icon size vs ui font size). Is there any editor still being being develo…

Zed is fantastic for coding by hand. The multibuffer editor and 120fps resizing is orgasmic
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