Setting Up Zed on Windows: My Journey

I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz around Zed, a modern code editor built with Rust, and decided to give it a shot. The catch? It’s not officially available as a downloadable binary for Windows yet, so I had to build it myself. Here’s how that went down.

Initial Setup

Building Zed on Windows seemed pretty straightforward at first:

1. Clone the Zed repository.
2. Install Rust and dependencies.
3. Run cargo build and watch the magic happen.

Image: A screenshot of the Zed Download where windows section asks you to build it yourself.

Setting Up Hugo: A Fresh Start

It’s been a while since I last set up a blog with Hugo, and in that time, I’ve drifted away from static site generation. Now, I’m starting fresh, going through the setup process from scratch, and rediscovering everything Hugo has to offer.

Installing Hugo

I followed the Hugo Quick Start guide, and the process was easy. While reading through it, one thing caught my attention—the mention of PowerShell vs. Windows PowerShell. That led me down a rabbit hole, and I came across this explanation. Pretty interesting how they differ!