Zed 1.0: When 'Fast Editor' Finally Stops Being a Marketing Line

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:00:00 -0300

I have a complicated relationship with code editors. I used vim for fifteen years out of stubbornness, switched to VS Code because the ecosystem made it impossible not to, and have spent the last four years quietly resenting it every time the laptop fans spin up because I opened three monorepos and a markdown file.

Zed 1.0 shipped at the end of April 2026. I’ve been running it as my daily driver for the two weeks since, and I’m writing this post in it. Here’s where I’ve actually landed, including the things I think the typical Zed review under-sells.

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Zed 1.0: When 'Fast Editor' Finally Stops Being a Marketing Line