March 15, 2023

Goodbye Atom. Hello Zed. (Interview)

1 hour 27 minutes

This week we’re talking with Nathan Sobo about his next big thing. Nathan is known for his work on the Atom editor while at GitHub. But his work wasn’t finished when he left, so…he started Zed, a high-performance multiplayer editor that’s engineered for performance. And today, Nathan talks us through all the details.

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Featuring:

Nathan Sobo – GitHub, X
Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

zed.dev

Zed raises $10M for a code editor built for collaboration

The Changelog #241: The Story of Atom with Nathan Sobo

GitHub officially says farewell to Atom

Founders Talk #7: Henk Rogers / The Tetris Company

Prioritize enablers and blockers - linear.app

Zed’s language support

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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