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Zed's Origins
- Antonio Scandurra, Max Brunsfield, and Nathan Sobel, the creators of Zed, also built Atom.
- GitHub decided to discontinue Atom, leading them to create Zed.
Atom's Inception
- GitHub's founder, Chris Wanstrath, wanted an extensible web-technology editor, leading to Atom.
- The initial Atom version, Atomicity, aimed for extensibility but faced performance issues due to extensions.
Zed's Core Principles
- Zed prioritizes performance and staying out of the user's way.
- It also focuses on collaborative features, addressing limitations of screen sharing and existing collaborative editing tools.