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Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by chillfox »

neurostimulant wrote: post #175

It's great that Zed adding this very useful feature, but isn't this effectively cannibalize their own AI subscription plans? Why pay zed $20 when you already pay for claude code and can use it in the assistant panel? You might still want the edit prediction feature, but then why pay zed $20 when you can pay $10 github copilot and can use it to power zed's edit prediction feature?

Could be cheaper, maybe?

I have been using zed a fair bit with clause api and the 50 free prompts a month that zed provide on the free plan works out to roughly $8 for an equivalent amount of code using the claude api.

But no idea how it compares to the subscription plan.

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by Myrmornis »

WD-42 wrote: post #144
Barrin92 wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>If you don't feel that VSCode is slow, it's because you are used to it. I don't think this is a fair claim. When you start doing an apples to apples comparison, that is to say make full use of IDE and auto-completion features it's difficult to see a difference given that the latency and speed of the plugins starts to dominate any millisecond difference in input latency or rendering speed.

No. When a press a character key on my keyboard, it should appear in my editor immediately. All other IDE features like auto-completion happen asynchronously.

If you press a key in VSCode, it does appear immediately.

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by Myrmornis »

manuhabitela wrote: post #143
IshKebab wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

VSCode is actually not slow. The problem is to make it useful you need to add quite a few extensions, and those can be slow. That itself wouldn't be too bad but VSCode doesn't expose any information about what is causing the slowness. You end up with "VSCode is slow and it could be due to any one of the dozen extensions I have installed", which effectively means that VSCode is slow. It remains to be seen if Zed can a…

vscode is noticeably slow compared to sublime text or zed, even without any extension. You instantly notice it when switching files or typing things that trigger auto-completions. In the end the feeling is drastically different. It weirdly makes for a more peaceful experience to have such a snappy editor. vscode wins thanks to all its extensions, where basically every language is supported and most features you can t…

Latencies associated with typing and switching files are imperceptible on any laptop I've used with VSCode.

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by artdigital »

unshavedyak wrote: post #111

I want to try Zed but the Helix mode seems quite young. Vim mode sounds good, but i just can't move away from Helix mode. (oh and of course, my own modifications to Helix's input config) My difficulty in finding editors that fit my desired input scheme kinda reminds me of the old pre-LSP days. Where you'd chose an editor based on it's language features. I wonder if we need some sort of common editor interface to allo…

Oh what, there’s a Helix mode now?

Been wanting to learn Helix more and using it for small edits but never saw a Helix mode in any editor yet

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by mxs_ »

srid wrote: post #117

Note: if you use SSH-based remote development, this doesn't work. https://x.com/sridca/status/1963271904384401886

Remote dev isn't very good in Zed, unfortunately. For some reason they chose not to apply the local editor's settings to a remote session by default. Every remote has its own config file. Questionable choice, imo

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by eviks »

veber-alex wrote: post #159
simonw wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It uses a fraction of the memory of VS Code and is much faster to launch.

VScode starts very quickly for an electron app. MS did a great job there. Memory usage of the IDE doesn't matter much when your language servers can eat 10s of gigs of RAM.

> for an electron app

But the comparison here is broader than electron apps...

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by iknowstuff »

gm678 wrote: post #198
skhameneh wrote: post #171

I like Zed in concept. I like Zed in the architectural and foundational aspects. I want more tools like Zed to exist. But, I find Zed challenging to adopt due to random nuances. First, settings management is a mixed bag and sometimes I just want a quick way to open the "settings.json" from the settings pane without fussing around. Then I'd like the "settings.json" to stay open (reopen) on a restart of Zed. Then I'd l…

For what it's worth, I think Zed now has a default keybind to open settings.json: Ctrl+, I assume that keybind is also configurable?

protip on macOS cmd+, is the standard keybind for opening any app's settings.
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