No More JetBrains Products for Me
The author has decided to switch from JetBrains products to Zed as their primary editor. Despite appreciating the user interface and functionality of JetBrains, the author finds the performance of CLion to be frustratingly slow. This has led to a decision to move on from JetBrains in favor of a more responsive editing experience with Zed.
- ▪The author has been using JetBrains CLion for years but finds it slow and frustrating.
- ▪Zed's editor is fast, responsive, and compatible with Visual Studio Code's environment.
- ▪The author feels that the performance issues with JetBrains products hinder their programming experience.
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After seeing that Zed recently released v1 of their editor, I figured that now was a good of a time as any to give it a try. And while there are some quirks on Linux (specifically a flickering bug on Wayland that was recently fixed), I feel comfortable running it everyday on my main machine. The defaults are mostly sane, the editor is fast and responsive, and the compatibility with much of Visual Studio Code’s environment is great. Even the AI integration is tasteful and not terribly in my way. Zed will be my primary editor going forward. And this feels somewhat like a breakup. For a long time, I’ve been paying JetBrains ~$85 a year for their IDE. I’ve been using CLion for all of my day-to-day work for years now. The unfortunate part is that I want to love these products.
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