POST: Zed, a Super Incomprehensive Review

TAGS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# JOL Taxonomy
+
+Jessica OnLine endorses use of the following taxonomy categories:
+
+* family
+* games
+* hardware
+* howto
+* shit's on fire yo
+* software
+* trans
+* review
+
+## Changelog
+
+### 2024-08-25
+
+Added initial list of tags.

lib/jol/blog.ex

@@ -44,4 +44,8 @@ defmodule JOL.Blog do
       posts -> posts
     end
   end
+
+  def format_date(date) do
+    Calendar.strftime(date, "%Y-%m-%d")
+  end
 end

lib/jol_web/controllers/blog_html/index.heex

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <%= for post <- @posts do %>
     <div class="post-summary">
-        <p class="post-date"><date><%= post.date %></date></p>
+        <p class="post-date"><date><%= JOL.Blog.format_date(post.date) %></date></p>
         <h3> <.link href={~p"/blog/#{post.slug}"}><%= post.title %> </.link> </h3>
         <p><%= raw post.lede %></p>
     </div>

lib/jol_web/controllers/page_controller.ex

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ defmodule JOLWeb.PageController do
   @spec home(Plug.Conn.t(), any()) :: Plug.Conn.t()
   def home(conn, _params) do
     conn
-    |> assign(:page_title, "Home")
-    |> render(:home)
+    |> render(:home, page_title: "Welcome!", posts: JOL.Blog.recent_posts())
   end
 
   def about(conn, _params) do

lib/jol_web/controllers/page_html/home.html.heex

@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@
         <p>I write here about those things, about general tech dorkery, and about my experience with being <strong>super</strong> trans and learning who I am.</p>
     </div>
     <div>
+      <h2>Recent Posts</h2>
+      <ul class="recent-posts">
+      <%= for post <- @posts do %>
+          <li>
+              <date><%= JOL.Blog.format_date(post.date) %></date>
+              <.link href={~p"/blog/#{post.slug}"}><%= post.title %> </.link>
+          </li>
+      <% end %>
+      </ul>
+
     </div>
 
 </div>

priv/posts/blog/thoughts-on-zed.md

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++++
+slug = "thoughts-on-zed"
+title = "Zed: Early Thoughts"
+date = 2024-08-24T15:37:07.509694-04:00
+draft = false
+
+[taxonomies]
+# An array of quoted strings
+tags = ["software", "review"]
++++
+
+![](/images/zed-screenshot.png)
+
+I've been using [Zed](https://zed.dev) a bit, and as a software developer on the internet, I have *thoughts.* I'm using it to write Elixir/Phoenix, HTML/CSS, and some Markdown, and it's trying to take the place of the venerable Emacs (running [DOOM](https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs).
+
+In no particular order:
+
+* A truly open-source editor! Written in Rust! Finally, a modern editor that isn't a Microsoft embrace/extend/extinguish vector!
+* Goddammit is that a Github sign-in link? Shit.
+* The built-in vim mode isn't bad, but it pales in comparison to `evil-mode`. Specifically I can't highlight a region and `:%s/search/replace/g` inside it.
+* I think having `:` open the command palette is a bad idea. The way one uses the command palette vs vim-style commands has less overlap than you'd think.
+* It's pretty! Look I'm not immune to eye-candy, and Emacs has always ranked low in that area.
+* I'm not getting anything from elixir-ls. Even *Emacs* automatically installs and sets that up so...y'know, damn. Two demerits, Mr. Zed.
+* Same with speling check in things like Markdown files.
+* Like most things, it ignores the "Emacs-keys" GTK setting &emdash; not being a GTK app I'm not shocked, but things like Firefox respect it, so it *can* be done. Ctrl-A not going to beginning of line, for instance.
+* Not sure I love this though:
+
+![the Zed Roadmap for 2024 includes "embrace AI" as one of the three items on the list.](/images/zed-roadmap-2024.png)
+
+I'm running solo at the moment so I haven't tried any of the "multiplayer" remote-pairing stuff. I *believe* it's behind a Github-login though, and I wish that weren't the case.
+
+Overall: three stars, worthy of your time and attention, also please stop using Microsoft products.