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by giancarlostoro 50 days ago
Zed is one of the best editors I've ever seen, I always worried the mention of AI would put off people who are missing out on a truly amazing editor.
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ModernMech 50 days ago
The thing that really puts people off about Zed is "VC-funded"
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nathanmills 50 days ago
Hacker News is not for you then.
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boringg 50 days ago
There is a healthy dose of VC skepticism here. HN is here for that.
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dmoy 50 days ago
I think they meant that ycombinator is literally a VC shop

So if being VC funded puts you off an editor, being VC funded may also put you off ycombinator.com

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ModernMech 50 days ago
Yes, indeed it does. I didn't feel this way until I worked for a YC-backed startup tho. I mean, YC is the first to admit that not everything needs to be VC funded and some things just aren't good fit for that funding model. I think a code editor is one of them.
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dlenski 50 days ago
> Yes, indeed it does. I didn't feel this way until I worked for a YC-backed startup tho.

Same, same.

Nothing made me skeptical about the tech industry like working for a VC-backed startup. Ugh.

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giancarlostoro 50 days ago
> I mean, YC is the first to admit that not everything needs to be VC funded and some things just aren't good fit for that funding model. I think a code editor is one of them.

Fully agree. I also feel like a lot of companies do not need to be on the stock market, especially if they're reasonably profitable, feels like the stock market is where you go to let go of more of your company just to get rid of the VCs whom you owe a lot of money to.

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esseph 50 days ago
It's rare to find so many grazing in their natural habit, so it's a great place for vc-watching.
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z3c0 50 days ago
It did, verifiably here. Based on their own marketing, I thought it an alternative to Codex, not Codium.

Knowledge of this setting has shifted my perspective considerably.

edit: not enough to ditch Sublime, however.

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giancarlostoro 48 days ago
I have not tried it, but there is "GRAM" as well. Which is a fork of Zed without any AI stuff. Not sure what's missing for you from ST but for me, I don't really see myself ever upgrading to ST4 or any future version, unless they come out with something worthwhile for ST5.

https://gram.liten.app/

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