Zed CEO Criticizes Skills Overuse, Sparking Debate on Plan Mode

Zed CEO Nathan Sobeck mocked developers who dismiss plan mode while promoting skills for tasks simple chat could handle, wasting tokens. Developer zeeg countered that plan mode still provides determinism for coding agents.

2026-10-13 ~ 2026-10-13 · 2 related posts

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