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i've heared about Zed for a long time and it seems promising but as long as it's not on windows/linux it's not for developers.

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I'm a developer, and I use a Mac, so ...

I agree. I currently use macos at work, but I avoid investing learning time to tools I can only use on one platform.

> it's not for developers.

What? Who is it for then?

Mostly for SV startup folks. In other words: Apple fanboys.

Jokes aside, the US is notoriously dominated by Apple, but it's not the same worldwide.

The dev profession is notoriously dominated by Apple. It’s weird to say that something that’s only for Mac is not for developers.

That's most definitely a US centric view. There's a much bigger world out there

As someone who is not from US I feel your point. But they are US company. We are here on US site.

How many countries are you knowledgable about?

if you're a developer and dependent on mac you're probably building "the next big saas" in "the next big tech company" which will fail in few years.

a developer tool should be available on ALL platforms and specially Linux, if a tool is not available in linux no one will adapt it no matter how shiny it is.

Ah yes windows, the classic developer OS.

If you have the right tools. Windows is just fine for development.

Visual Studio is widely considered one of the best IDEs out there today.

Personally, I use Linux for my work on Linux, what IDE varies depending on my work. JetBrains, VSCode, neovim. But I've used other eco-systems.

I still miss Genera. That thing was amazing.

Windows is the most popular developer OS according to the 2023 stack overflow survey, for both professional and personal use.

You have to remember that you're on HN and windows doesn't exist around here.

You jest, but as famously emphasized by Steve Ballmer [0], Microsoft was (is?) all about developers!

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMU0tzLwhbE

"Ah yes Linux , the classic developer os" it's not available on WINDOWS and on LINUX. which is like THE MOST USED PLATFORMS ON THE PLANET. You apple fanboys try to find excuses for everyone

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