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I fear AI models might be somewhat veblen goods, and that we all somewhat conflate price with quality

New in v0.26.11

Command Code supports Gemini 3.5 Flash.
Pro-level coding, parallel agentic execution, 1M token context.

Live in /model, same hour Google shipped it.

"Stop and Think" was (is?) probably the most repeated idiom at the camp, preceding the cartoon

side note: if you have a son approaching ages 12-16 I wholeheartedly recommend Camp Pasquaney!

first time I've licensed a cartoon! 

this particular cartoon was pinned to the bulletin board outside the dining hall at the summer camp I went to and worked at for eight summers, and as far as I know it's still there

Local model usage grew 3x in Zed in the last 10 weeks. Cameron Mcloughlin on why he prefers local: 

"I worry about over-reliance on providers that operate like SaaS platforms, where a change of pricing or setup makes them unfeasible to use. With a local model, you always have access."

New in tomorrow's stable release: pick a dedicated model for your subagents with `agent.subagent_model`.

sadly I cannot find screenshots of either original site on the internet archive

TIL peta[dot]org was registered by a troll in 1995 for a "People Eating Tasty Animals" site, which unsurprisingly went to court and eventually PETA got it back

*but* in the meantime they fought fire with fire and bought ringlingbrothers[dot]com to criticize circus animal cruelty

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Custom git commands will also be arriving this Zednesday.

excited about this! more good writing on the internet should make its way to print (especially if Sarah and Alex are the ones printing!)

well said! I sometimes dread user interviews (for the typical low level social anxiety reasons) but pretty much always come away energized

ok this I already have a solution in mind for!

haha too late, got started on one already 🤐

what bothers you most here?

yeppp those are annoying! working on something in this space, will hopefully have something to share soon

hahaha I feel ya there