Allen Wyma talks with Antonio Scandurra, co-creator of Zed, a high performance code editor written in Rust.
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[@0:00] - Introduction
[@2:56] - The story behind Zed
[@6:24] - Zed’s performance and features powered by Rust
[@12:01] - How Zed balances speed vs features
[@16:00] - What is the most important thing an editor has to have?
[@18:01] - Zed customization and the ability to add plugins
[@23:13] - Zed’s built-in contacts panel for team collaboration
[@26:54] - Third-party services that Zed uses
[@31:28] - Zed’s tab support
[@32:39] - Zed’s theme customization and system
[@34:31] - Top crates that power Zed
[@36:05] - Zed’s plans to support other platforms
[@37:56] - Porting Rust vs porting other languages
[@42:09] - Zed’s pricing plans
[@43:15] - Zed’s possible plan for open-sourcing parts of the editor
[@44:10] - Check out more information about Zed and sign up to join the waitlist
[@44:29] - Parting thoughtsCredits
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