having used Zed for a couple hours, wow, this is an amazing experience. Just everything. All of it.
There's still some rough edges, e.g. error messages can feel opaque, but the concept is so wholesome.
Vim keybindings w/o an extension. LLM integration that works so incredibly well (and you can pick your provider, even local via ollama).
I haven't tried to collaborative features yet, but that's supposed to be it's killer use case
one thing i can't get over — the Vim keybindings actually feel baked in. All panels use the Vim keybindings. Doesn't matter if you're in the file browser, AI context pane, etc. It's consistent
And the AI integration. It doesn't feel like they're selling you a product. It feels like they just included it because they thought it would be helpful. But if you're not into it, well, it doesn't seem to be enabled by default.
The AI chat actually works. it's what I've wanted. It's easy to add CLI output, individual files, symbols, etc.
in Zed, one thing i’ve noticed, the AI tab completion isn’t implemented, so it’s not reaching out to an LLM nonstop. this feels refreshing. Copilot’s constant attempts at LLM completion end up being distracting. i just want an LLM when i ask, otherwise be quiet
@kellogh interesting, their doc says it should be enabled by default https://zed.dev/docs/completions#configuring-inline-completions
Still have to try it (not a vim user though). Have you tried sourcegraph Cody in VS code / intellij?
@kellogh I went back to copilot for some project (not allowed to use other ones) and the chat isn't bad, you can now also add context by file /symbol.
@spoltier yeah, Zed did the AI integration similar to Cody. it’s definitely a more technical approach, but i like it a lot more. going back, Copilot feels brain dead