Zed Weekly: #20

Over the week, the team has made significant progress across various projects, with Mikayla nearing the completion of a mini-project involving moving and linking channels, which was as complex as the previous chat feature addition. Kirill resolved a panic bug related to hints with the help of Antonio, resulting in improved functionality and speed, and he also integrated prettier for local development, while working on a wrapper to enhance formatting speed. Kyle finalized major pull requests for the Semantic Index and initiated an evaluation framework to test the engine, alongside integrating it with the inline code assistant to enhance AI generation. Julia advanced the auto-complete documentation and addressed language server issues. Max developed a simple initial chat system for Zed channels, with plans to expand features like mentions and notifications. Nate explored a new UI-building approach for Zed utilizing a Tailwind-like system in gpui, showcasing its potential for rapid prototyping. Joseph focused on analyzing churned user groups to identify development areas needing improvement, while Piotr implemented a "replace in buffer" feature and tackled a bug affecting keyboard layouts, planning to address further quality of life improvements. The team invites potential collaborators to join them in shaping the future of software development.