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stephc_int13 | 16 days ago

Zed seems to be already suffering from heavy technical debt. From my perspective, as a game dev, their stack is a lot heavier than it should be.

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steve_adams_86|16 days ago

What is the debt? As a user, Zed feels more like the only IDE that isn't weighed down with debt. It's incredibly fast, responsive, stable, and it's iterated on very quickly.

verdverm|16 days ago

That happens when you don't talk to enough users, build the wrong things, and then iterate like a good startup. It compounds

Building a chat platform in an IDE with CRDTs...? That screams we are more interested in the solutions than the problems, and that they didn't appreciate network effect before attempting this

shimman|16 days ago

They are talking to their users, it's not those that use Zed it's the VC firm that funds them. They seem to be implementing everything those users want.