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1. the__alchemist · 1789740264 · focus · HN ↗

   I've lost faith in their editor and GPUI - you were the one, Zed! They are full-steam AI on things like this. I expected this article to be about a general alternative to git, but it is about LLM-focused coding in a way that doesn't make sense to me, as it slices a line between human-written and LLM-written code which does not exist in a meaningful way.

   Their primary product, the Zed editor, is unusable for me and others due to it mismanaging file syncs on disk - when external edits happen, the editor retains stale state unless you close and re-open the specific file (Not even an editor reopen syncs it). There is a significant risk of your changes being silently overwritten or conflicted. Amusingly, the risk of this is increased when a file is changed asynchronously, which for me, most happens due to a pull or LLM edits!

   It begs questions like: "If coding has changed so that we should use an LLM-focused source control tool, why can't the LLM fix a severe bug in our software that has a closed-form solution?"

   1. tarr11 · 1789742536 · focus · HN ↗

      What do you use instead?

      1. the__alchemist · 1789743155 · focus · HN ↗

         Jetbrains (PyCharm and RustRover) for projects; Sublime for one-off files.

         1. Hamuko · 1789743528 · focus · HN ↗

            The last time I checked out Jetbrains' IDEs, they felt heavy as hell to use. Has that changed?

            1. the__alchemist · 1789744574 · focus · HN ↗

               No. Still heavy as hell. (AKA uses loads of ram and CPU, slow, sometimes unresponsive). It is the price we pay - the tradeoff is IMO the unmatched editing and introspection/refactoring capabilities. I'm surprised there hasn't been a real competitor in this space.

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