this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2024
345 points (90.2% liked)

Programmer Humor

32453 readers
888 users here now

Post funny things about programming here! (Or just rant about your favourite programming language.)

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Out of the loop here, what sucks for the zed team?

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Probably the reason Vs Code has so many extensions, is that they can easily (low barrier of entry) be created in JavaScript. This is mainly due to the fact that VS Code is an electron application, itself written in JavaScript.

It sucks for zed, because these extensions allow users to customize their workflows to their needs which decreases their liklihood to switch to a different editer. I think the message of the post is that VS Code's large and mature extension ecosystem will somewhat impede users migrating to zed.

The irony in this is that the people behind zed and atom were the ones who initially created electron for atom.