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Agreed. Zed is my daily driver and I love it, but the autocomplete is not good. I end up disabling AI altogether.




Probably for the best.

It's human nature to start trusting AI suggestions just because they look good enough without actually checking them. That's going to lead to massive issues down the line the more it goes on.

Snippets are more useful.

If you're doing something repetitive, a vetted snippet does wonders. Learning how to make your own snippets with appropriate tab stops is a seriously underrated skill.

High competence in regex search-and-replace, multi-cursor, and snippets is an amazing combination.




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