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   Alison Wilder (alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:15:49 JST Alison Wilder

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   So far, Zed is winning the battle to replace Sublime, with Kate a close second.

   Kate would probably be winning if I were being perfectly rational, but Zed is ticking all the boxes for a 43-year-old hipster front-end person.

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     Alison Wilder (alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:15:50 JST Alison Wilder

     I wonder how many times I've cancelled out of the Sublime Text nag screen over the years. Probably thousands.

     If it were #foss and/or not $100, I'm sure I would have bought it years ago. Anyone out there using a better lightweight but capable text editor that I should replace it with on #linux?

     If you say #emacs, you lose a testicle.

     #FerrisBueller

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     Alison Wilder (alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:20:48 JST Alison Wilder

     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly yeah, I can tell I won't be able to handle it long-term. But it's such a nice clean editor...really appeals to my 30-year old self.

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     Alison Wilder (alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:36:26 JST Alison Wilder

     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly yeah, I'm now procrastinating by reading their github issues. You can't disable ANY of the features they make money with (collaboration, AI, chat, sign in, etc.), even though every other tiny thing about the UI is customizable.

     I mean, I get where they're coming from, I just don't want to be there. I think I'm just going to enjoy the honeymoon today and find a text editor that's not ridiculous tomorrow.