This weekend I gave Zed another chance, this time it didn’t make me uninstall it after one hour or so. It’s much more polished, there are a few wrinkles but overall it’s finally pleasant to use. I’m actually surprised how my muscle memory from VSCode is of use, kudos to devs for making the transition easier instead of reinventing the wheel. I hope to eventually get rid of VSCode, this AI everywhere at all costs is turning the editor (that wanted to be an IDE) into something (most?) users don’t want or need.
I switched from VSCode to Zed
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Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
Typical DPIs are still all over the place depending on the demographic. Macs have been ~200dpi forever, while cheap PCs are still mostly ~100dpi, and decent PC setups tend to land somewhere in the middle with ~150dpi displays which are pretty dense but not up to Mac Retina standards. Gamers also strongly favor that middle-ground because the ultra-dense Mac-style panels tend to be limited to 60hz. Zed started out as a…
I guess that makes sense. I'm a 280ppi convert, so I judge Mac users with pity — Linux and Windows work perfectly with my 31.5" 8K display (from fuckin' 2017 btw...) but Macs can only drive it at 6K, which adds a fuzz factor. Unless you use it at 4K, but macOS isn't really usable that way (everything way too small). But yeah, it's 60Hz. Which has sucked ever since I accidentally got a 120Hz display, so now 60 Hz look…
There are actually 218ppi 180hz panels coming soon, although they will no doubt cost a kidney for the first few years.
https://rog.asus.com/monitors/27-to-31-5-inches/rog-strix-5k...
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#123I am finding that AI assisted coding is greatly reducing my interest and reliance on "IDE" type features. A back and forth "conversation" with Gemini with extreme amounts of copying/pasting/executing in Geany (a relatively simple editor) is now faster than whatever I was trying to do before, hopping between emacs and vim and IDES, etc.
I just don't turn on those features
Thanks for making me look! You can actually also `Disable AI` altogether!
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
I guess that makes sense. I'm a 280ppi convert, so I judge Mac users with pity — Linux and Windows work perfectly with my 31.5" 8K display (from fuckin' 2017 btw...) but Macs can only drive it at 6K, which adds a fuzz factor. Unless you use it at 4K, but macOS isn't really usable that way (everything way too small). But yeah, it's 60Hz. Which has sucked ever since I accidentally got a 120Hz display, so now 60 Hz look…
There are actually 218ppi 180hz panels coming soon, although they will no doubt cost a kidney for the first few years. https://rog.asus.com/monitors/27-to-31-5-inches/rog-strix-5k...
Looks good overall, but:
> USB-C with 15W power delivery for maximum compatibility
I am hoping that is a typo.
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#125I would love to switch but the battery draw on my mac is just too much! I like to move around to different places in my home as I work so being able to be on battery for a while is a must for me (not to mention that I do travel occasionally)
Hmm, I found Zed to consume battery less than VScode on my M1 MBP. It's ~100 vs ~200 12h power consumption on average according to Activity Monitor. Do you compare it to VSCode?
Yes VSCode uses far less power than Zed on my machine. I believe it is probably related to these issues:
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/21146 https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/8043
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are actually 218ppi 180hz panels coming soon, although they will no doubt cost a kidney for the first few years. https://rog.asus.com/monitors/27-to-31-5-inches/rog-strix-5k...
Looks good overall, but: > USB-C with 15W power delivery for maximum compatibility I am hoping that is a typo.
Yeah that's... not great if correct. LGs version has 90W PD.
https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/lg-27gm950b-5k-monitor-announc...
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#127This article struck a personal chord with me: I bought a new MacBook a week ago and installed minimal software on it, specifically I did not install VSCode and I don’t miss it. I use Emacs exclusively on my new laptop. I have about 40 years experience with Emacs and except for a treemacs automations, I am using my regular setup. VSCode is a great project but I just didn’t feel “happy” while I was using it. I feel hap…
I’ve fallen in love with emacs again now that I can have an LLM tune up my config. I love emacs, I don’t love lisp. Maybe LLMs are helping me with that, too.
But I so happy with my config now. Simplified and modern.
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#128I am finding that AI assisted coding is greatly reducing my interest and reliance on "IDE" type features. A back and forth "conversation" with Gemini with extreme amounts of copying/pasting/executing in Geany (a relatively simple editor) is now faster than whatever I was trying to do before, hopping between emacs and vim and IDES, etc.
I wish AI had more access IDE-type features such as renaming or moving methods to another class. Claude often makes mistakes here because it doesn't have all the fancy tooling and indexing that IntelliJ has.
Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#129Obligatory Zed takes money from bigots: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/discussions/36604
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Re: I switched from VSCode to Zed
#130This article struck a personal chord with me: I bought a new MacBook a week ago and installed minimal software on it, specifically I did not install VSCode and I don’t miss it. I use Emacs exclusively on my new laptop. I have about 40 years experience with Emacs and except for a treemacs automations, I am using my regular setup. VSCode is a great project but I just didn’t feel “happy” while I was using it. I feel hap…
I‘ve been happily using Doom Emacs on Linux as VSCode replacement. When I switched to macOS, I found the experience to be rather slow with significant input lag, though. (And yes, I did use native compilation.) Has something changed in that regard, or did you just accept it?