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Zed Editor Launches Powerful New Debugger

2025-06-19

The Zed editor team announced the release of its highly anticipated debugger, supporting popular languages like Rust, C/C++, JavaScript, Go, and Python. Designed to be fast, familiar, and configurable, the debugger leverages the Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP) and an innovative locator system for automatic debug session configuration. Its architecture, split into data and UI layers, ensures efficiency and scalability, laying the groundwork for future collaborative debugging. Furthermore, it features out-of-the-box inline variable values using Tree-sitter and supports keyboard-driven debugging.

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Building Better Software in the Age of AI

2025-06-13

In an era of readily available code generation tools, the bottleneck in software development is no longer speed, but quality. The author advocates for a balance between 'shipping' and 'craftsmanship,' criticizing the practice of sacrificing quality for speed. Using the development of their code editor, Zed, as an example, they demonstrate how AI can bridge knowledge gaps and help developers pursue an exceptional user experience. The article concludes by introducing 'Agentic Engineering,' a concept that combines human craftsmanship with AI tools to build superior software.

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Zed: The World's Fastest Open-Source AI Code Editor

2025-05-07

Zed, a blazing-fast, open-source AI code editor, has arrived. Built entirely in Rust and licensed under GPLv3, Zed offers an unprecedented level of transparency with its open-source AI agent panel. This panel lets programmers directly interact with AI to modify code, write new code, and even search codebases. Prioritizing user privacy, Zed doesn't collect data by default and offers a selection of models, including Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Gemini 2.5, with Ollama support for running custom models on personal hardware. Currently available for macOS and Linux, a Windows version is slated for late 2025.

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Zed: The World's Fastest Open-Source AI Code Editor

2025-05-07

Zed, the world's fastest AI code editor, is now open-source! Built in Rust, it features fully open-source AI capabilities, letting users interact with an AI agent via the Agent Panel to modify, write, and understand code. The AI agent can grasp your codebase and assist without prior training or indexing. Zed prioritizes user privacy; conversations are private by default and data isn't harvested. It supports various language models and allows custom models or local runs via Ollama. Currently available for macOS and Linux, with a Windows release planned for late 2025.

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Zed Editor Launches Edit Prediction Powered by Open-Source Model Zeta

2025-02-14

Zed editor has released an exciting new feature: edit prediction. Powered by a new open-source model called Zeta, it predicts your next edit, allowing you to apply it with a simple tab press. Zeta, derived from Qwen2.5-Coder-7B, leverages supervised fine-tuning and direct preference optimization for accuracy and efficiency. To address latency challenges, Zed employed techniques like speculative decoding and partnered with Baseten for optimized model deployment. Currently in public beta, users can try Zeta for free with a GitHub account. Its open-source nature allows community contributions to improve the model.

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Zed Editor 2025 Roadmap: Enhancing Vim Mode and User Experience

2025-01-29

The Zed editor team has released its 2025 roadmap, focusing on improving Vim mode and enhancing the overall user experience. Plans include boosting the non-editor user experience with improvements to the command palette, filename completion, and command history; increasing Vim mode compatibility by addressing edge cases and using side-by-side testing with Neovim; and improving the multi-cursor experience for smoother, easier use. The roadmap aims to make Zed an editor that combines the power of Vim with a modern user experience.

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