u/Critical-Personality

I mostly program in Go. And my Goland subscription will end in a month. So I was looking for an alternative. I have been using Zed since it was in version 0.110 or something. So I tried VS Code and Zed (since both are free).

While the number of resources for VS Code are enormous, AI was able to help me configure Zed properly as well. And man am I impressed! My projects, fully loaded, often take about 6-8 GB of RAM with Goland. VS Code with all its bells and whistles (and the rest of the orchestra) was getting slower though it was consuming only 4-5 GB of RAM combined with gopls.

Zed was a surprise. Gopls at about 250 MB of memory. Zed at just under 400 (380'ish) and things were working fine. That is like 6x better than VS code and about 8-10x better than Goland! And it was snappy to an extent that I did not expect it to be with my project. It reminded me of Sublime text and neovim.

Also, the way tasks, settings and keymaps with and without VIM mode are supported, I loved it. The documentation is clear and helpful and detailed just enough. It's a really well done piece of software.

Just wanted to say thanks to the Zed team. I don't have a job right now but once I get a new one (or my project catches the traction I hope to get), I will probably buy a subscription for a few months just to support it.

Thanks again for making it and keeping it free for normal use.

So this happened recently. I was visiting a hospital (one of the reputed ones). All of us patients were waiting in the waiting area for our turn with the doctor (appointment). There was a couple waiting in the lobby as well. Another lady in her 60's accompanied by another woman who would be in 30's (I think she was the daughter) wants to sit by the side of the couple because a seat was empty. The man just denied. Said his "bodyguard" needed to sit down.

The bodyguard gets signaled "sit here". The bodyguard goes and sits. The women are not happy with the treatment. The ladies did get a seat at a different place (a couple people had just got up from seats) but the younger lady among the two was still rattled and was saying (not shouting) things like 'people can have basic manner'. Normal for such situations, I would say. I was looking at the phone. People got a bit "silent" and were watching a drama unfold. It was hardly 20 seconds that I looked at my phone to respond to a message. The matter escalated quickly in those 20 seconds.

The ladies and couple are now exchanging angry but civilized words (something like "you don't have manners" and "YOU don't have manners either...you think you are the world's most mannered person" sorta exchange). The man from the couple gets himself involved. Things escalate further. The person managing the floor is trying to calm both parties down.

My turn came in, I went to the doctor chamber. Doctor orders the assistant nurse to close the door because the noise was pretty high. Things quiet down outside. As I come out, I see both parties standing up and coming towards each other, silently. I think the old lady called her son or someone. He was telling the couple something along the lines of "if you see that an elder lady is waiting, why can't you have the courtesy of letting her sit when the seat was empty? Surely the tall and strong bodyguard can stand for some time".

The couple got calm - only in my expectations. Actually, the scene exploded. The couple started shouting at the ladies and the man now. The man (in that couple) said that the lady is a "public prosecutor" (I don't know what that means in exact terms, I am not a law student). I heard the words "You are talking to an officer. I am XYZ of Ranchi". (As XYZ got said, I was arranging my papers and prescription so I didn't hear it properly). They were shouting pretty hard.

I won't comment on who was at fault - the ladies who got their seat at another place or the so called public servants who could have allowed an elderly lady to sit on a chair in a public place rather than asking the bodyguard to sit there.

I am close to the airport rn. But I can't shake it off. Maybe going out of the city will.

PS: I have omitted some details for the sake of keeping it short and maybe keeping myself safe. I did not record a video (and no one there did for the same reason, perhaps).