--- title: Best Zed posts — August 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Zed posts from August 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/zed/best-of/2025/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/zed/best-of/2025/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Zed posts — August 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Zed posts from August 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Zed — August 2025 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/why-llms-can-t-really-build-software-zed-s-blog-ffv89ofc3 "Why LLMs Can't Really Build Software — Zed's Blog") Article Zed · 1y Why LLMs Can't Really Build Software — Zed's Blog Large Language Models excel at writing code but struggle with the iterative mental modeling that defines effective software engineering. While LLMs can generate code and update it when given specific problems, they cannot maintain clear mental models of requirements versus implementation, leading to confusion when tests fail or debugging is needed. Current models suffer from context omission, recency bias, and hallucination issues that prevent them from understanding complex software systems. For non-trivial projects, human engineers must remain in control, using LLMs as tools while maintaining responsibility for requirements clarity and code verification. 73 5 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/zedless-editor-zed-wip-zed-fork-focused-on-privacy-and-being-local-first-b4ytpgetj "zedless-editor/zed: (WIP) Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first") Article Hacker News · 1y zedless-editor/zed: (WIP) Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first Zedless is a privacy-focused fork of the Zed code editor that removes telemetry, cloud dependencies, and proprietary services. The project prioritizes local-first functionality, allows users to configure their own infrastructure providers, and maintains contributor copyright without requiring CLAs. Currently in development, it aims to provide a self-hosted alternative to cloud-based development tools. 62 4 [See all Zed archives](/tags/zed/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/tags/zed/best-of/2025/08#page","url":"https://daily.dev/tags/zed/best-of/2025/08","name":"Best Zed Posts — August 2025","description":"The most upvoted Zed posts from August 2025, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/tags/zed/best-of/2025/08#items","numberOfItems":2,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-llms-can-t-really-build-software-zed-s-blog-ffv89ofc3","name":"Why LLMs Can't Really Build Software — Zed's Blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zedless-editor-zed-wip-zed-fork-focused-on-privacy-and-being-local-first-b4ytpgetj","name":"zedless-editor/zed: (WIP) Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tags","item":"https://daily.dev/tags"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Zed","item":"https://daily.dev/tags/zed"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/tags/zed/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"August 2025"}]}]} ```