Zed also pushed their AI features hard though. When it first came out it was like "your editor, but Rust / not Electron based, so fast", but two years or so ago they were pivoting hard to being an AI editor. Nowadays, thankfully, it's there but it's not intrusive.
The author also mentions missing the sidebar with files but it's one of the icons at the bottom left.
I think they added that due to some backlash... or I'm confusing this with Warp, the (also Rust based) superfast terminal application that first required a login, then pushed AI stuff.
The author also mentions missing the sidebar with files but it's one of the icons at the bottom left.