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Re: Zed DeltaDB

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Post by f311a »

mosburger wrote: post #46
yza wrote: post #38

Why develop this when the core editor is almost unusable? On Linux wayland, copypaste is broken, the file manager is laggy and snippets do not trigger before the heavy hint logic is done. This is just on top of my head, the list is long

I use it as a daily driver with few if any problems, but I'm on macOS. Maybe their Linux support is particularly crappy?

There are a lot of subtle bugs. I'm on macOS too, but perhaps my workflow is unusual? Every time I open it, I find small bugs. There are so many features that it's hard to maintain them, I guess.

For example, a lot of disable buttons do not actually disable stuff. They just hide it from the UI.

Re: Zed DeltaDB

#64

Post by JaggedJax »

yza wrote: post #38

Why develop this when the core editor is almost unusable? On Linux wayland, copypaste is broken, the file manager is laggy and snippets do not trigger before the heavy hint logic is done. This is just on top of my head, the list is long

I had to stop using Zed because of this issue (which persists despite being closed): https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/38109

I can't use an editor where the file contents I'm being shown don't match the reality of the file. I guess this issue doesn't affect most people somehow, but in the age of CLI agents I'm not sure how more people aren't running into it.

I was really enjoying Zed for a short while before I ran into this fundamental issue.

Re: Zed DeltaDB

#66

Post by hkalbasi »

mdotmertens wrote: post #31
drdexebtjl wrote: post #23

This makes me uncomfortable. Maybe I’m pessimistic, but I think this just gives micro-managers the data they need to micro-manage you. It invites people to scrutinize the process, instead of the results. Not once have I wished to review a colleague’s conversation with an AI. I want to review finished work. I look at this and I can only imagine layoffs being justified with “bad prompt quality”. An incident retrospecti…

Not only this. I'm also shuddering at the thought of how much more noise this adds which can only be filtered through LLMs.

I guess this data is not intended to be used all the time. But occasionally you may find it useful in blame or bisect or similar things.

Re: Zed DeltaDB

#67

Post by danmoz »

yza wrote: post #38

Why develop this when the core editor is almost unusable? On Linux wayland, copypaste is broken, the file manager is laggy and snippets do not trigger before the heavy hint logic is done. This is just on top of my head, the list is long

"Almost unusable"? Slight hyperbole don't you think? I initially tried the Flatpak version on Fedora 44 and had a few minor problems, but since switching to the terra repos version (terrapkg.com) I've had zero issues, Have you tried that?

For me, its a massive improvement over IntelliJ for my daily workflow.

Re: Zed DeltaDB

#68

Post by javierhonduco »

I really love Zed and I want them to really succeed. Unfortunately it seems that they are swamped with various things and the issue tracker is not a priority for the team, which fair enough. OSS is a gift and I take it as such. Wild proposal but if someone is willing to start a "user advocate" contributor, I'll be happy to donate monthly so user requests can be taken a look at :)

Re: Zed DeltaDB

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Post by honeycrispy »

JaggedJax wrote: post #64
yza wrote: post #38

Why develop this when the core editor is almost unusable? On Linux wayland, copypaste is broken, the file manager is laggy and snippets do not trigger before the heavy hint logic is done. This is just on top of my head, the list is long

I had to stop using Zed because of this issue (which persists despite being closed): https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/38109 I can't use an editor where the file contents I'm being shown don't match the reality of the file. I guess this issue doesn't affect most people somehow, but in the age of CLI agents I'm not sure how more people aren't running into it. I was really enjoying Zed for a short while befo…

I do not have this issue. (Yes, I am on Linux/Wayland)
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