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It can be vibe-coded quickly but can also be done rather quickly without ai - the heavy lifting is UI lib from Zed. That is the real unlock in apps like this.
by risyachka 9mo ago
It can be vibe-coded quickly but can also be done rather quickly without ai - the heavy lifting is UI lib from Zed. That is the real unlock in apps like this.
- OlaProis 9mo agoSmall correction: Ferrite uses egui (by Emil Ernerfeldt), not anything from Zed. Different ecosystem entirely. - Zed uses their own gpui framework - Ferrite uses egui — an immediate-mode GUI library egui is great for rapid development but has limitations. The v0.3.0 custom editor widget is specifically because egui's built-in TextEdit blocks features like proper multi-cursor and code folding. We're not getting much "for free" there — the Mermaid renderer, syntax highlighting integration, and view synchronization are all custom. That said, egui definitely accelerated the initial UI work. Credit where due!
- risyachka 9mo agoYou are right, my bad.