I tried Zed too. It's really performant and all, but I feel like I got used to VS Code too much and even looking at a different themed editor feels... awkward.
Extensions is a must for me. I have plenty of extensions and I think Zed won't be having native support for extensions for a while, at least to the same degree as VS Code.
It looks like they're becoming simpler tools with an AI chat bolted on — and that might be fine, but I'd at least expect them to keep functioning as an IDE (with a file tree, file viewer, and chat, at minimum).
With the increase of work with AI tools, I see myself using work trees a hell of a lot more compared to before the AI agents. And I think having too many work trees in a single repo is just choking VS Code. As it's not really built for such use cases.And looks like They don't want to optimize it for dealing with more work trees and being an editor like it always have been but they want to move closer to Claude/Codex.
I have a similar impression. I think it's because the workflow isn't fully refined, and the IDE interfaces don't match that undefined flow. These are strange times; for a moment, I felt Antigravity was what I needed, but it was just a stripped-down VSCode. I simply don't understand the new VSCode Agents window. The impact is so vast that many of us are returning to the simplicity and power of the terminal.
If nothing else, I’m annoyed by the seemingly daily messages to update VS Code. It seems all it ever has is more updates for AI, likely written by AI.
I’m effectively forced to use VS Code, because of work. If it wasn’t for this situation I would I would have already moved away from it, or never started using it in the first place.
The future of VSCode is quite uncertain, as newer "IDEs" are moving-on toward not seeing any code, and soon not even seeing the filetree as we are going toward the path of full automation.
VSCode might retain old-school developers but it will keep shrinking.
How does zed.dev compare?
I don't use vscode because it's always felt heavy on my (older) machine.
Zed seems to work okay. Curious to know how it compares
I tried Zed too. It's really performant and all, but I feel like I got used to VS Code too much and even looking at a different themed editor feels... awkward. Extensions is a must for me. I have plenty of extensions and I think Zed won't be having native support for extensions for a while, at least to the same degree as VS Code.
It looks like they're becoming simpler tools with an AI chat bolted on — and that might be fine, but I'd at least expect them to keep functioning as an IDE (with a file tree, file viewer, and chat, at minimum).
With the increase of work with AI tools, I see myself using work trees a hell of a lot more compared to before the AI agents. And I think having too many work trees in a single repo is just choking VS Code. As it's not really built for such use cases.And looks like They don't want to optimize it for dealing with more work trees and being an editor like it always have been but they want to move closer to Claude/Codex.
I have a similar impression. I think it's because the workflow isn't fully refined, and the IDE interfaces don't match that undefined flow. These are strange times; for a moment, I felt Antigravity was what I needed, but it was just a stripped-down VSCode. I simply don't understand the new VSCode Agents window. The impact is so vast that many of us are returning to the simplicity and power of the terminal.
Antigravity is unstable based on my experience, it is always insisting that I update it, and there are also constantly occurring bugs.
yeah, the only reason i keep using it is the free student trial and a second activity bar lol
If nothing else, I’m annoyed by the seemingly daily messages to update VS Code. It seems all it ever has is more updates for AI, likely written by AI.
I’m effectively forced to use VS Code, because of work. If it wasn’t for this situation I would I would have already moved away from it, or never started using it in the first place.
What else would you use instead of VS Code?
I am stuck using an older VSCode. A few versions ago, it stopped connecting to my remote machine.
I'm curious to know how you got yourself into such a situation.
I guess they updated the way it connects to the remote machine. Perhaps something about my setup wasn't one of their test cases?
The future of VSCode is quite uncertain, as newer "IDEs" are moving-on toward not seeing any code, and soon not even seeing the filetree as we are going toward the path of full automation.
VSCode might retain old-school developers but it will keep shrinking.
I kinda got this feeling when I saw that button in the upper right corner, clicking it transforms VSCode from a code editor to a Claude/Codex clone.