I like Zed but it's still my secondary editor because it's missing usability features that I value in other editors. I think we all benefit if they focus their attention on the parts of Zed that differentiate it rather than writing new frameworks and libraries.
You say that like they're in the same category, but one is an embedded Chromium and the other a native windowing toolkit.
Did you not raise a bunch of money from Sequoia? Sounds like you're in a perfect place to quit your job and hack on GPUI for us.
except the 'labor-of-love' stuff is what set the editor apart and why real users were choosing it and the 'actual business work' the moneymen are eager about is exactly what's in every other editor and what nobody asked for
And since Sequoia? It is primarily the Zed team working full time on it, which costs money.
In fact the entire Qt group is just work 650m EUR
Eg if you edit or create a file outside of Zed, there’s a good chance it won’t show up in the file browser.
Also… multi window doesn’t exist so the multi monitor story is trash.