Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source

Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by safouen on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @12:33PM (#39120059)

i've heared about Zed for a long time and it seems promising but as long as it's not on windows/linux it's not for developers.

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by askonomm on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @04:14PM (#39122731)

I'm a developer, and I use a Mac, so ...

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by brimstedt on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @01:01PM (#39120510)

I agree. I currently use macos at work, but I avoid investing learning time to tools I can only use on one platform.

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by dimgl on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @03:22PM (#39122161)

> it's not for developers.

What? Who is it for then?

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by Draiken on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @05:58PM (#39123782)

Mostly for SV startup folks. In other words: Apple fanboys.

Jokes aside, the US is notoriously dominated by Apple, but it's not the same worldwide.

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by Aeolun on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @07:41PM (#39124715)

The dev profession is notoriously dominated by Apple. It’s weird to say that something that’s only for Mac is not for developers.

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by Draiken on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @08:02PM (#39124856)

That's most definitely a US centric view. There's a much bigger world out there

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by timeon on Friday January 26, 2024 @12:59PM (#39145589)

As someone who is not from US I feel your point. But they are US company. We are here on US site.

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by gertop on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @09:26PM (#39125539)

Maybe in your bubble of web development.

Almost all other fields tend to use Windows or Linux.

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by da39a3ee on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @11:24PM (#39126171)

How many countries are you knowledgable about?

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by safouen on Friday January 26, 2024 @10:38AM (#39143863)

if you're a developer and dependent on mac you're probably building "the next big saas" in "the next big tech company" which will fail in few years.

a developer tool should be available on ALL platforms and specially Linux, if a tool is not available in linux no one will adapt it no matter how shiny it is.

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by jamil7 on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @05:18PM (#39123344)

Ah yes windows, the classic developer OS.

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by ilc on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @06:40PM (#39124181)

If you have the right tools. Windows is just fine for development.

Visual Studio is widely considered one of the best IDEs out there today.

Personally, I use Linux for my work on Linux, what IDE varies depending on my work. JetBrains, VSCode, neovim. But I've used other eco-systems.

I still miss Genera. That thing was amazing.

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by nicklaf on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @07:42PM (#39124720)

You jest, but as famously emphasized by Steve Ballmer [0], Microsoft was (is?) all about developers!

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMU0tzLwhbE

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by wilsonnb3 on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @07:02PM (#39124391)

Windows is the most popular developer OS according to the 2023 stack overflow survey, for both professional and personal use.

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by metaltyphoon on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @08:20PM (#39125003)

You have to remember that you're on HN and windows doesn't exist around here.

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by gertop on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @09:29PM (#39125556)

Seriously. I've been programming professionally for 30 years and I've rarely come across Mac developers and I was never provided with a Mac for work.

But reading comments on HN would make you believe everybody uses macs exclusively!

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Re:Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source by safouen on Friday January 26, 2024 @10:40AM (#39143890)

"Ah yes Linux , the classic developer os" it's not available on WINDOWS and on LINUX. which is like THE MOST USED PLATFORMS ON THE PLANET. You apple fanboys try to find excuses for everyone

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