Time to upgrade my monitor to utilize that sweet 120 FPS coding 😂.

The "we are here" at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="73">1:13</a> Is somewhere near Fortaleza Canyon in Cambará do Sul southern Brazil for anyone wondering.

You had me until "A Mac only editor..." and sadly then the video was over. Well played sir.

Atom via GitHub was also acquired by Microsoft when it purchased GitHub in 2018, six years ago. And, not surprisingly, Microsoft after first stating Atom development would continue, and it did, until it was halted by Microsoft in June 2022.

YEEESSSSS!!! editor in 120 fps! exactly what i was missing all these years

Now the natural next step is to create another text editor in Zig

Extensions will probably be based on wasm to allow maximum range of languages to be written in and not only rust. Remember them talking about it in some podcast

I've been using it as my main code editor for a little over a week now. It's pretty good. Still missing some pretty critical things for me, though, like seeing what exactly I've changed (compared to the latest commit).

When I used Atom, it made Visual Studio seem fast. Hard to believe the same people made a fast editor

Zed is pretty great. The performance is way faster than vscode with almost instant diagnostics. Though it lacks features such as intuitive config menus, Extensions/Plugins support, Custom themes, Etc. But it does have support for most languages out of the box.

This video was supposed to make me migrate to Zed but it actually made me discover Cursor and switch instantly from VSC, thanks for helping me think less and earn more in less time 👌

The fact that it's only available for mac outweighs all of its advantages. Hopefully, I'll remember to check it out once it becomes available for the platforms I use.

Another one of those neat looking code editors that will soon be forgotten

The performance and minimal design got me hooked. Would've definitely tried it if it was on windows.

The memes per second ratio on videos like these is outstanding.

I've tried it and it works really well. It's indeed very minimal. One of the things I really liked was the "onboarding" you get to pick a theme, setup a few things but most importantly choose keyboard shortcuts. You can do intelliJ, vscode and other shortcuts. So you'll feel right at home using the same shortcuts. Missing features for me: Git, seeing your git changes visually, a diff, staging unstaging etc the basic like vscode had. Seeing your current branc name Stuff like git blame file icon (there are file icons atm but they are again super minimal an a bit too minimal for me, I want some more color so I can easily see what kind of file it is.) If they would add at least the above features, I will probably switch from vscode.

Interesting take on the evolution of text editors and the role of AI. Zed presents a lot of potential. However, I agree with the limitations you pointed out such as its availability only on Mac OS, and the lack of extensibility.

This is not the only video that meme's "VS Code Killer" but until they support Windows and Linux it definitely will never be a VS Code killer. I think a lot of people just quit looking when they hear it's Mac only. Good thing you mentioned it at the end, that was a 10x move on your part!!!

i like how in the performance metrics, sublime text is also a very close 2nd or even first makes me happy about using it :^)

Been using Zed since it was a closed beta, I love how snappy it is. Full featured without the bloat, waiting for the Windows build!

it has the potential to be big. But there are too many bugs atm for me to actually replace my main editor

Damn, i watched the full video only to know there's no extensions and mac only. Well played, fireship!

Zed is fast and pretty workable with typescript! Now I can dive in without waiting 10s or refusing in VScode. Our repo is large and I have to restart vscode frequently to just make it work

I used it. Since I am working in Java, it doesn't have much support but it's lightning fast. And do use Warp terminal by same company

They released Extension support right after you published this, ZED IDE is 🔥

So when will the Helix-editor video dropping? Maybe not as loud of a fan base but a steady growing one. 28k github stars on the repo already.

Tried it out today and it's neat. Copilot integration is quick and note intuitive than my lunarcim setup. Shame some basic stuff is broke, like the eslint output window bot opening when you get an error, which is on every keystroke sometimes.

when fireship uploads , i feel happy , i am watching his previous videos for getting knowledge

"Nothing lasts forever" Contemplate my perfect nvim setup

if it can view very large text files and has a hex editor, im sold

I learned on Atom and loved teletype for working on school projects together.

I legitimately like Zed. I recently found the Arc browser and almost accidentally switched to it. After years of using Safari (mostly for energy efficiency on my laptop), jumping into Arc felt very natural. I think it took maybe an hour of test driving to feel confident making a switch. I never looked back. Zed was exactly the same. Everything is clean, trim, snappy, and mostly does exactly what I need without fluff. I can't wait to see where it goes. I'd like to make a full switch, but the lack of extensions is preventing it so far. We'll get there, though.

Unsurprising that none of the performance metrics compare to Vim or Neovim since any other editor would get smoked by either of them

notepad++ remains my main editor, I've never really needed more

With that image of the canyon in southern Brazil, you made me emotional for various reasons.

Sublime Text still does more than what i need for a text editor. For actual coding Jetbrains can not be beat.

Meanwhile the latest Sublime Text has been released today (Dev build) and it’s running circles around Zed. Feature and speed wise.

As a +15 year software engineer myself, I don't understand all this focus on speed. If your work productivity depends on a few milliseconds of difference in inserting characters into your editor, I really wouldn't want to be you. Good software devs are not measured by their code writing speed.

The final image of this video is an amazing reference.

It's fantastically fast but I still have to keep VScode and JetBrains on standby for specific plugins and refactoring features. Zed has been my primary editor for a couple weeks now and I don't want to go back to the slugs

Zed sucks. Sorry, but editors without multi platform support by default just sucks. Late support = less unified experience. I don't think their future Linux and Windows builds will have same features and performance as macOS. Also without extensibility you cannot gain market share from your biggest competitor, VSCode. They just focused on some second order stuff but not actual features. I don't think the plugin support will be rich as VS Code unless they don't have multi platform support. Devs thougth their product will be popular with macOS only support. Congrats you created another "VS Code killer" that will be forgotten with in couple months.

I like how the benchmarks omit Neovim

You had me on "Hi mom", sorry for your loss but am happy you haven't forgot her. still the best easter eggs out there

I hope they also have a feature where you can connect it to your own llm

still gonna use emacs

I am in love with this IDE. It's so fast and lightweight.

good IDEs were long time ago, Turbo Pascal, Turbo C 2.0, Borland C++ 3.1 (build with Turbo Vision), later MS Visual Studio, Eclipse etc. ...

By the time its available on Linux and Windows, VS Code will already have the main features of Zed.

This is old news it was out on Mac os last year I thought you were gonna make a video about Z being released on windows or lyrics that's 4 minutes of my life I'm never getting back thank you sir.

The image of the "plateau" is from Fortaleza national park in southern Brazil.

Keep it crazy, Jeff, keep it crazy. All the best, brother 💪

I've always wanted to code at 3wpm at 120fps!

Seeing the Hi Mom made me remember, hope you are doing well @Fireship ...

Except slow launching (like Rust compiling time) for me on Apple M1, rest is almost perfect. I like it. Would be nice to have auto theme selection based on system theme which is also automated base on day time.

Nice Pulp Fiction reference there 👍 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="22">0:22</a>

Just tried it, it's amazing 10/10. Great design and finally I don't have 10k buttons and functions I don't need nor understand like in VS code.

Talking about AGI and the threat of it, it the best way for them to keep attention

I need a copilot but for writing PRs

Well, I run it on Linux Debian 12. Support is ongoing by great devs on their free time. For now It displays and most buttons crash the interface. Each day there is less bugs.

That outro music always kicks off a Barry White ear-worm. ("My first, my last, my everything...") - You're welcome. ;)

Awesome, this IDE looks cool, ill check it out Mac only💀

My roommate loves Zed, but he uses Mac only, I use all three (Mac, Windows, and Linux) interchangeably and so I am going to continue to use VS code until Zed comes out on those platforms

“Not extensible” should be the first statement in this video and probably the last.

i love atom, i still use it sometimes for old times sake:)

Can't wait when the Marsellus Editor comes out.

I have build Zed for Windows and this thing took 13 min to compile what a fast compiler

I always look for the "Hi Mom" easter eggs. I love that your mom watches all of your videos.

There will probably be more price pressure on applications in the future, which means that increasingly faster ways of coding are required. When everyone can develop pro, low no-coding. So there will also be more choice for companies and users.

It's like sublime text with a pre-installed AI package, running only on macos and without package control - am I missing something?

I remember how everyone complained at how IntelliJ was slow and eats a lot of RAM compared to VSCode. Back then VSCode was new, fast & cool, even though it had quite a bit of issues. I even switched to it later because some plugin or the editor itself introduced editing files remotely over SSH, the feature which I use massively because I don't have to remote control the company's device (usually a MacBook), when I can just edit files on it from Windows PC. Now, the question is... would we see the history repeat itself?

As of yesterday, 21st of February, they have officially released support for extensions.

Looks most similar to sublime text to me. Sublime is also fast, but has been around for a while and has many packages, I've always loved it since i first used it about 10 years ago. Don't know about AI though, maybe there's a plugin for that

I really liked Zed on macOS, now I really want it on Windows (my main machine)

I feel you. Before Neovim, I thought the same.

What mono font is used in the IDE, you can see it clearly around <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="185">3:05</a>

"it's not a motorcycle baby, it's a chopper"

This video should have started by listing the supported platforms.

Anyone used Brackets? It had(or still has) a built-in server. I don't remember any other editor doing this at that time.

The helix editor is also cool

It might turn out to be quite large. However, there are currently too many bugs for me to switch my primary editor.

Update: It looks like you can build it from source relatively easy for linux now... I still can't find anything about plugins, though.

i am using cursor ai IDE with ai features. i can use also vscode extension as well

Three problems I had: 1. No dark high contrast theme 2. Lots of key VSCode shortcuts I need not available 3. No visible positive impact on battery life, very important to me as a frequent traveler

Conversation driven development might.... Just be the way we "code" in the future. Reasoning about a design, edge cases, tradeoffs and implementation details with a trained expert to guide you and perhaps fill in the gaps could be a highly productive way to work. Obviously highly contingent on the "highly trained expert" bit actually working and not madly hallucinating and ad libbing...

I planned on switching to Zed, but noped out as soon as I heard it wasn't extensible... yet. Also I don't use macOS for development XD.

What about Lapce? You should check it out.. It's also insanely fast and built in rust. Would love a comparison

Well that's the push I needed, off to the Infantry we ride!

Zed is DOA baby without plugins. Perhaps it can be compatible with VSCode as an option next to Rust plugins?

It would be nice to have finished Linux 🐧 or Windows 🪟 versions of Zed .

i think we need a good visual code editor for frontend, recently i have tried Godot and i felt like what about a code editor just like Godot interface for React? maybe if i have time i will give it a try

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="30">0:30</a>. Friendly reminder that Emacs has always been cool.

What I presume is that coding will be replaced by ai but that would help programmers to move on the next floor of the building. While the ground floor will be managed by ai the 1st floor will be us experimenting on stuff like quantum computers

Really happy to see more competition and glad Microsoft is not alone there. Doesn't fit my use cases yet and it's always gonna be hard to ripe neovim from me as a 8 year vim vet.

jetbrains webstorm will forever be my special angel.

"It hasn't actually replaced any programmers." It has though. Literally the VFX studio I work at just justified letting a pipeline dev go in part because all the small temporary tools they wrote to do tasks and handle data was not something the artists did themselves with chatgpt.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="217">3:37</a> tell me about this huge L at the start homie

Gave this a go for a few days, didn't enjoy the experience much. Muscle memory was hard to shift from VSCode and Webstorm. It was like forcing myself to use Arc... Just didn't feel right 😂

It support extension yesterday

“Not extensible”. Does that mean i cant have syntax highlitghing for things like prisma, graphql, etc? Or is that something else? In VS Code, i use “extensions” for syntaxt highlighting of different filetypes

running it right now in arch linux