Early impressions: speed and design

Wes and Scott talk about what makes Zed—the hot new editor built in Rust—fast, beautiful, and finally ready for primetime. From Git UI to extensions and AI tools, they break down what Zed gets right, what it still lacks, and whether it’s time to finally ditch VS Code.

Show Notes

• 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
  • Syntax San Francisco Meetup
  • We need your Spooky Stories
• 02:37 Brought to you by Sentry.io
• 04:07 What is Zed?
• 06:46 Zed UI: fast and clean
• 10:17 General editor experience
• 11:44 Extensions marketplace
• 17:53 Git UI
• 22:03 Problems UI
• 26:01 Real-time collaboration
  • Remote Development
• 27:39 Command prompt tricks and built-in tools
• 31:03 Zed’s AI features
  • AI Coding Sucks
• 37:08 What kept Scott away—and why he’s back
• 40:33 What’s still missing
  • Text Manipulation Kung Fu for the Aspiring Black Belt
• 46:43 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

• Scott: Zojirushi 5.0 Liter Water Boiler
• Wes: Syntax Keycaps

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