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Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by modernerd »

xiej wrote: post #24
modernerd wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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 dece…

ah I forgot a word, I meant the ui icon size. If I bump up the ui font size so that I can distinguish the icons apart on my large monitor, the ui text becomes comically large. I do use Zed without AI features, it's just a bit of a disappointment (though understandable) since it was originally marketed as just a nice speedy editor.

Have you tried a different icon theme? Some are just easier to see than others. The default icon theme is pretty light.

https://zed.dev/docs/icon-themes

I don't think changing icon size independent of UI font size would be a dealbreaker for many. (I'm quite happy having icons that scale in line with font size, but then I use the Material Icon Theme, which is easy to scan at most sizes.)

Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by throwatdem12311 »

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…

Vim? Emacs? Sublime Text?

Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by throwatdem12311 »

rtfeldman wrote: post #14
jotato wrote: post #10

Yesterday, I determined to move to Zed because they weren't pushing this stuff :(

You can disable all AI features in Zed with a single setting: https://zed.dev/blog/disable-ai-features

It doesn’t mean the bulk of their effort isn’t going to AI slopshit.

Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by ekropotin »

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…

neovim or eMacs are the best text editors as up today.

Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by throwaway041207 »

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…

> But it's clear that Zed's focus is on AI integration because that's where the money's going

Do you really think Zed's focus on AI is just about money? You do realize software engineering is in the midst of a tectonic shift?

Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by nextaccountic »

xiej wrote: post #24
modernerd wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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 dece…

ah I forgot a word, I meant the ui icon size. If I bump up the ui font size so that I can distinguish the icons apart on my large monitor, the ui text becomes comically large. I do use Zed without AI features, it's just a bit of a disappointment (though understandable) since it was originally marketed as just a nice speedy editor.

It's still a nice speedy editor. It didn't lose any features to make room for AI

Is Zed lacking any feature you need?

Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by bheadmaster »

throwaway041207 wrote: post #35
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…

> But it's clear that Zed's focus is on AI integration because that's where the money's going Do you really think Zed's focus on AI is just about money? You do realize software engineering is in the midst of a tectonic shift?

> You do realize software engineering is in the midst of a tectonic shift?

As an everyday user of AI, both at work and privately, I am not that convinced. The biggest effect I've seen so far is demand for faster work because "everything is faster with agents", but software quality is slowly dropping in software I see around me.

Current AI is very useful as a trivia engine and as a language manipulation tool - i.e. it can quickly extract information from a huge amount of text. But it still sucks when writing new things.

Admittedly, here has been much progress, but it seems to be slowing down. Money is drying out, models are getting nerfed, and only better scaffolding and workflows are making it better. Unless they build 100x more data centers, I don't see models getting significantly better.

Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by gherkinnn »

I've used Zed since the very beginning and I remain a fan. Its LLM integration so far has been a lot more pleasant than what I see in others and the editor is perfectly usable without using LLMs.

Its multi buffer and speed sound trivial but using anything else feels wrong now.

Re: Parallel agents in Zed

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Post by teekert »

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…

I like LLMs, I like Zed, but I turn off the AI features. I rather have Claude or Open Code in a container with only access to a mounted folder, or use a local model.

And Zed lets me do that while remaining fast and minimal.

As for (even more) minimal editors, perhaps just Gnome Edit? Or Kate?

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