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Go is my the most favourite language, so I'm happy to see a Go based editor. However this days I'm writing code mainly in typescript (for Cloudflare workers). TS is the most popular language and you guys will definitely need to prioritize TS.
I realized that your onboarding was also training, and that I could not do anything with Rune without going through that training, and so I immediately exited and uninstalled. The friction was much too much.
I’m not sure if the onboarding is still like that :) If it is, my feedback would be have much much lower friction to try (or warnings for those who claim to use vim :).
The whole write-up is quite interesting so I'll definitely try it out.
cached null (no changes) build:
~github/unstablebuild/rune % make
pre-commit not installed; skipping git hook setup
cd cmd/buildstamp && CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="-X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Tag=$(git describe --tags) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.BuildDate=2026-09-11T20:16:22Z -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Package=six" -o ../../bin/buildstamp
cd cmd/extension_chaos && CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="-X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Tag=$(git describe --tags) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.BuildDate=2026-09-11T20:16:22Z -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Package=six" -o ../../bin/extension_chaos
cd cmd/extension_color_palette && CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="-X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Tag=$(git describe --tags) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.BuildDate=2026-09-11T20:16:22Z -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Package=six" -o ../../bin/extension_color_palette
cd cmd/extension_fuzzy_search && CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="-X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Tag=$(git describe --tags) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.BuildDate=2026-09-11T20:16:22Z -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Package=six" -o ../../bin/extension_fuzzy_search
cd cmd/extension_go && CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="-X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Tag=$(git describe --tags) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.BuildDate=2026-09-11T20:16:22Z -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Package=six" -o ../../bin/extension_go
cd cmd/extension_python && CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="-X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Tag=$(git describe --tags) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.BuildDate=2026-09-11T20:16:22Z -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Package=six" -o ../../bin/extension_python
cd cmd/extension_rtc && CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="-X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Tag=$(git describe --tags) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.BuildDate=2026-09-11T20:16:22Z -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Package=six" -o ../../bin/extension_rtc
cd cmd/extension_rust && CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="-X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Tag=$(git describe --tags) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.BuildDate=2026-09-11T20:16:22Z -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Package=six" -o ../../bin/extension_rust
cd cmd/extension_zig && CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="-X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Tag=$(git describe --tags) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.BuildDate=2026-09-11T20:16:22Z -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Package=six" -o ../../bin/extension_zig
cd cmd/runefox && CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="-X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Tag=$(git describe --tags) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.BuildDate=2026-09-11T20:16:22Z -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Package=six" -o ../../bin/runefox
cd cmd/sshshop && CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="-X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Tag=$(git describe --tags) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.BuildDate=2026-09-11T20:16:22Z -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Package=six" -o ../../bin/sshshop
cd cmd/walkbench && CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="-X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Tag=$(git describe --tags) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.BuildDate=2026-09-11T20:16:22Z -X unstable.build/rune/internal/debug.Package=six" -o ../../bin/walkbench
make 35.90s user 5.88s system 191% cpu 21.846 total 1975848 rss
~github/zed-industries/zed % touch crates/zed/src/zed.rs
~github/zed-industries/zed % cargo build
Compiling zed v1.18.0 (/home/raggi/src/github.com/zed-industries/zed/crates/zed)
Finished `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 8.42s
cargo build 10.15s user 9.34s system 228% cpu 8.531 total 7930312 rss
I'm always looking for new gui code editors. For me right now Vscode is still the top (and since I've been trying Lean out it's required). Zed is a very close second. One thing I would like to see on the home page is a video showing it being used. Also would like to see how it looks in a light theme. The repository says it's keyboard driven does that mean it's modal or can I still use it like a normal modeless editor…
> One thing I would like to see on the home page is a video showing it being used. Fair point. I've been meaning to record a video for a while, but I hate being in front of a camera. > Also would like to see how it looks in a light theme. Not great. I prefer dark themes so I haven't spent enough time making it look good on a light theme. > The repository says it's keyboard driven does that mean it's modal or can I st…
The build time claim in the blog post is dubious, part of the problem is CGO isn't fast, but also if build time was really a motivator the null build path is entirely unoptimized for objects with long build times: cached null (no changes) build: ~github/unstablebuild/rune % make pre-commit not installed; skipping git hook setup cd cmd/buildstamp && CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="-X unstable.build/rune/internal/debu…
I say this only because yes you can do engineering to meet the benchmark without dropping to deeper systems layers, but closing the gap on efficiency is hard. I'm not saying this to be a downer on your project - an IDE and VTE in Go are a fun project to have around, but the blog post makes implied claims of equivalence with moderate investment - but I think that's limited to single benchmark chasing. I say this as a polyglot who's day job is a Go based program that would be far easier to optimize in a systems language.
1. Wouldn't writing everything from scratch mean a huge waste of effort? And can they really expect to replicate a lot of functionality for C++, Java, Rust, etc. that in other IDEs relies on libraries and compilers external tools doing a lot of heavy lifting?
2. What is this quote about? :
> What has happened in parts of the open-source community over the past few years is appalling. Companies have built projects in the open, benefited from their users and contributors, and then changed the license once the project became valuable.
Claude in a terminal is becoming more and more my IDE. I use emacs to do some edits or to look at some files, but orders of magnitude less than when I wrote all the code. Syntax highlighting? Yes, for readability. Completion? I noticed today that maybe I broke the language server for Ruby but I didn't bother to investigate. Maybe next week, or next month. Git log, blame, diff, yes, as usual. I don't see a bright futu…
Claude in a terminal is becoming more and more my IDE. I use emacs to do some edits or to look at some files, but orders of magnitude less than when I wrote all the code. Syntax highlighting? Yes, for readability. Completion? I noticed today that maybe I broke the language server for Ruby but I didn't bother to investigate. Maybe next week, or next month. Git log, blame, diff, yes, as usual. I don't see a bright futu…
I have found that I need more than this. A document viewer is critical so I can see HTML prototypes, review docs and other output and give feedback contextually inline (through a commenting system). I also need a task lists for my project/ agents so I can see where things are. I created an app like this for myself that is built around an integrated terminal, after I had the epiphany that VS Code (and VIM) were becomi…
Claude in a terminal is becoming more and more my IDE. I use emacs to do some edits or to look at some files, but orders of magnitude less than when I wrote all the code. Syntax highlighting? Yes, for readability. Completion? I noticed today that maybe I broke the language server for Ruby but I didn't bother to investigate. Maybe next week, or next month. Git log, blame, diff, yes, as usual. I don't see a bright futu…
What about search, and "find usages", and other affordances for navigating the codebase? I know vi can search within a file, but I think with larger codebases you need something more powerful.