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Re: Zed 1.0

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Post by chuckadams » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC

f311a wrote: post #37

chuckadams wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whereas I'm not a great fan of modals for anything where I'd like to refer back to what I'm working on. I guess I'd just prefer some tabs to open as a split by default and close with esc, maybe call them something like "ephemeral tabs"? Basically, steal some ideas from emacs.

Tabs will still be supported. Also, when you search for references, it also opens a new tab, even when all references are in the same file.

That definitely sounds subpar to me. I suppose there's still a reason to keep paying for an IDEA Ultimate subscription.

Re: Zed 1.0

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Post by levkk » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC

Meekro wrote: post #44

I really want to like Zed because they've clearly put so much work into it, but so far I've been sticking with Sublime. I have several large PHP projects that were started in the 2010-2020 era, and Zed will highlight and complain about all sorts of minor things that were standard PHP fare at the time: functions without return types, for example. My code (which works fine) looks like an ocean of red when I view it wit…

This is just a language server problem. I'm sure you can configure whatever language server PHP is using to disable specific warnings, etc.

Re: Zed 1.0

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Post by masklinn » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC

f311a wrote: post #11

Too bad they did not include better search UI into this release. When you search, Zed opens a new tab, which I hate. Sometimes I just want to have a quick glance at some code and close the search using escape. Telescope style search in vim, helix or JetBrains tools is so much better. https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/46478

> When you search, Zed opens a new tab, which I hate.

You also have to validate the search, it doesn't start off immediately on its own, which annoys me a lot more.

Re: Zed 1.0

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Post by pier25 » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC

I'm loving it.

Just opened my current TS/TSX project and everything is working as expected.

Performance is fantastic. I used Sublime for a decade and always missed its native performance after switching to VSCode due to needing first class Svelte, Vue, or Astro support.

The only thing that bothered me is that it enabled the Tailwind LSP even though I'm not using TW and I couldn't stop it. Had to disable that LSP completely in the settings:

    "language_servers": [
      "...",
      "!tailwindcss-language-server"
    ]

Re: Zed 1.0

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Post by jeppester » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC

jore wrote: post #2

Does anybody have experience running Claude Code or Codex in Zed?

I use it a lot with Claude Code.

It lacks a lot of features, but IMO feels less "busy" than the terminal version, which I like.

Very recently Zed also gained support for parallel sessions, which is nice. In general it's very obvious that a lot of effort goes into improving it, and it gets better with every release.

Re: Zed 1.0

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Post by mikepurvis » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC

I'm trying it out, looks pretty decent.

For better or worse, my current workflow is to do most things through WSL on Windows 11. VSCode supports running the editor natively on Windows, but then having an agent or something inside WSL that lets me remote control what's going on there. Does Zed do anything similar?

Currently I'm just access the workspace in Zed via Windows Explorer, but I wonder if that's going to kneecap some of the integrations.

EDIT: nm, Zed supports exactly the same kind of remote editor session, via hamburger -> File -> Open Remote

Re: Zed 1.0

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Post by kyleee » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 3:34 PM UTC

Meekro wrote: post #70

thinkingtoilet wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're using zed, couldn't you use AI to fix something like that? Those copy and paste type changes over a code base is something AI assistants are really good at.

I could! I'd probably have to take it piece by piece, rather than telling an AI to edit hundreds of files in one epic session and hoping for the best. Even just reviewing a commit that large feels like it would be a bad use of time. Also, giving every variable a type (or using "mixed" everywhere), and giving every function a return type (more "mixed" or "void") would just make the code more verbose without any justif…

Have you investigated if the lsp and linter is configurable

Re: Zed 1.0

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Post by johnfn » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 3:34 PM UTC

I hate to dismiss Zed for such a stupid reason, but I have tried to use Zed seriously many times and every time I stop because I can't get over the theme. I've tried basically every single theme I can find that is reasonably popular and they are all equally poor. VSCode and Cursor have vastly better default themes.

Does anyone have any suggestions here? I would love to use Zed more.

Re: Zed 1.0

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Post by Torlan » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 3:34 PM UTC

I’ve tried it multiple times, but the performance issues on different Macs are too significant to ignore. I appreciate responsive UI, but I also prioritize sufficient battery life.

Re: Zed 1.0

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Post by Meekro » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 3:34 PM UTC

masklinn wrote: post #79

Meekro wrote: post #44

I really want to like Zed because they've clearly put so much work into it, but so far I've been sticking with Sublime. I have several large PHP projects that were started in the 2010-2020 era, and Zed will highlight and complain about all sorts of minor things that were standard PHP fare at the time: functions without return types, for example. My code (which works fine) looks like an ocean of red when I view it wit…

> My code (which works fine) looks like an ocean of red when I view it with Zed, and turning all those warnings off is not trivial. Isn't it just the default configuration of whatever LSP zed defaults to for PHP? So you should be able to either configure the LSP to avoid that or disable the LSP server entirely.

Coming from Sublime, I'd never even heard of a Language Server when I first tried Zed. As I recall, disabling particular kinds of warnings required copy-pasting some pretty exotic incantations into my project config. All of it was poorly documented, and it felt like I was doing something nobody expected me to do. Instead, I should have been able to mouse over a particular warning and say "don't warn me again about things like this", at which point Zed should edit the project config for me.