The Evolution of Text Editors: From Atom to Zed

This chapter explores the impact of the Atom text editor on software development and the open-source community, highlighting a developer's journey through its challenges, particularly around extensibility and performance. It transitions into the development of Zed, a new text editor built with Rust, focusing on performance improvements, collaborative features, and the lessons learned from creating a custom UI framework. The discussion also details the complexities of programming with Rust and the innovations undertaken to support seamless multi-user editing experiences.