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Zed DeltaDB

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  1. sarreph · · focus · HN ↗
    A lot of the copy on this page feels like the kind of copy an AI would produce. But I’m assuming, surely, Zed writes their own copy so I don’t want to accuse them of doing that.

    Marketing aside, this is the kind of thing (advancements in VCSes) that I’d usually be excited about, but which I’m less excited about coming from Zed because it makes me start to worry that they’re going to continue focussing less on the core editor experience.

    I love Zed and I hope that it doesn’t start to go flakey.

    1. lopatin · · focus · HN ↗
      > But I’m assuming, surely, Zed writes their own copy

      I've written my fair share of landing pages and copy lately. I start out with Claude for ideation and headlines it produces are almost always low effort word salads. Case in point:

      "Software is made between commits"

      It never fails to emphasize the last part, even if it bears no weight.

      The only response to that headline is "Sure I guess".

      It doesn't give you an idea of what problem it solves, doesn't sell you a vision or get you excited about the future. It's not even that insightful and is borderline factually incorrect.

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