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Sadly, I came back to using VS Code recently. There's a lot to like in Zed but imo that decision to write their own rendering framework is unfortunate, because of ridiculous problems in Linux still not resolved like poor font rendering, especially on low-DPI screens, or visible lags of UI which is being developed to be blazingly fast. So far, VS Code is faster for me.
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Yep, fwiw there's often live coding interviews done in the editor of your choice that require AI to be off. As in even if you love AI and use it a lot you should have the ability to turn it off.
Aw shucks, I guess that rules out Notepad on Win11 then.
Sadly, I came back to using VS Code recently. There's a lot to like in Zed but imo that decision to write their own rendering framework is unfortunate, because of ridiculous problems in Linux still not resolved like poor font rendering, especially on low-DPI screens, or visible lags of UI which is being developed to be blazingly fast. So far, VS Code is faster for me.
I have my entire set of plugins and things installed here and now the productivity that I get off this setup even exceeded my long-loved Jetbrains IDEs. I hope that will be temporary though, seriously. The only thing that I strictly dislike about VSCode is the number of high quality themes available - and there are not that many.
Recently stumbled upon VSCodium which is a clean VSCode fork that can work with any VSCode plugin, but I am yet to try it out.
Something tells me that disabling AI is going to age about as well as disabling JavaScript. Even so, I like what Zed is doing here.
I use Golang from JetBrains, and disabling all AI features is only two clicks away. No fuss no muss.
Do you know what I like more than AI in my IDE (which I adore, by the way)? It's an IDE that respects the developer.
Yep, fwiw there's often live coding interviews done in the editor of your choice that require AI to be off. As in even if you love AI and use it a lot you should have the ability to turn it off.
They wanted me to architect the solution, but were okay with it filling in basic for loops.
I tried Zed many times. In fact I try to use it at least once a month because it is indeed fast. However, I just think it’s a half-baked product and I don’t want to invest too much time into it. Wish they didn’t get distracted by AI and focused on making a viable VSCode replacement as an IDE/Editor.
Sadly, I came back to using VS Code recently. There's a lot to like in Zed but imo that decision to write their own rendering framework is unfortunate, because of ridiculous problems in Linux still not resolved like poor font rendering, especially on low-DPI screens, or visible lags of UI which is being developed to be blazingly fast. So far, VS Code is faster for me.
+1 I've explored Atom when it was the hot thing, and more recently, an IDE called Lapce, which is built in Rust and doesn't use Electron. They've been great, but the lack of an ecosystem stares glaringly right at your face. I don't like Electron apps but VSCode gets the job done. I have my entire set of plugins and things installed here and now the productivity that I get off this setup even exceeded my long-loved Je…
These days I'm stuck on QTCreator most of the time. It's OK for core editing functionality but there's a lot that I miss, and some things like the generic Language Server support just aren't fleshed out much.
I'm tempted to use another editor whenever I'm not working on UI files but it adds some friction.
Sadly, I came back to using VS Code recently. There's a lot to like in Zed but imo that decision to write their own rendering framework is unfortunate, because of ridiculous problems in Linux still not resolved like poor font rendering, especially on low-DPI screens, or visible lags of UI which is being developed to be blazingly fast. So far, VS Code is faster for me.
FWIW, I've yet to find a better text editor than Sublime Text.