1029: The Workflow of the Future With Zed

Nathan Sobo joins Scott and Wes to explain why Zed was built in Rust, how GPUI works, and what happens to editors once agents write most of the code. They also talk about DeltaDB, Zed’s new Git-compatible version control system, and Delta, the collaborative agentic editor it powers.

Show Notes

00:00 Start

00:35 Welcom to Syntax

01:13 The Journey to Zed: Building the Ultimate Tool

03:26 Why Rust was chosen for Zed?

06:29 Brought to you by Sentry!

07:07 Building a UI from scratch in Rust

GPUI

15:55 AI’s role in coding and development

18:42 The role of text editors in the age of AI

21:52 Delta DB: The vision for collaborative development