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@stevedylandev.eth
After using Neovim as my daily driver for 2+ years, I might be switching to Zed from here on out đź‘€ Ask me anything
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Where does VS Code fall in this comparison for you (speed, defaults, extensibility, etc) vs Zed and maybe Neovim?
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This is such a good question 🔥I’ve actually given VS Code a chance not too long ago, and I think the primary difference between it and Zed is 1. Bloat and 2. Vim mode. VS Code is electron so it’s never going to get that efficient or fast, but on top of that it feels like there’s so much extra stuff in the view. I even took the time to get rid a lot of the UI through various settings, but even then it just felt off. Zed is so much more lightweight, with a lot of features you might need built in which is awesome, including a vim mode. With VSCode you have to install a third party extension for vim key bindings and it’s ok, but no where near as good as zed. That has made the transition pretty smooth imo, most of the movements and patterns I followed in neovim just work out of the box in zed. Neovim is special in that it has a massive ecosystem and is way more configurable, but at the cost of time to configure it, possible breaking changes, and easy to muck up.
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I will also add that VSCode does have a much bigger extension ecosystem then zed, but that doesn’t bother me much since I don’t really have any necessary extensions. If I can use vim keybindings that’s about all I need (minus a good theme; very important haha)
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It's quite fast tbh and you control how much bloat there is. If performance is your top priority then helix-editor.com > any other editor
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