After a week in Zed, I couldn't go back to how slow Cursor had become

A developer shares their experience switching from Cursor to Zed for a week and finding it hard to return. Zed's Rust-based, GPU-accelerated architecture (GPUI) makes it significantly faster and less memory-hungry than Cursor's Electron foundation. Zed's Agent Panel now covers most AI workflows — supporting multi-file editing, terminal commands, MCP servers, and external agents like Claude, Codex, and Copilot. While Zed's extension ecosystem is smaller than VS Code/Cursor's, it covers the major languages and tools most developers need. The author recommends individual developers try Zed, while acknowledging Cursor or VS Code may still be better for team or enterprise environments.