The Rustacean Station Podcast

Zed with Antonio Scandurra

Posted Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:03:00 +0000

Allen Wyma talks with Antonio Scandurra, co-creator of Zed, a high performance code editor written in Rust.

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Timestamps

  • [@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 thoughts

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma