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Erika
@erika.florist

> The new backend also significantly reduces Zed's memory footprint. I always thought lower memory usage was one of Vulkan's advantages. Is that not the case?

ani
@anais.dev

This approach may have significant issues with 3rd-party antivirus and endpoint monitoring solutions, because this code is effectively indistinguishable from a malware dropper - "I just simply download an EXE to $TEMP, extract it, and it starts replacing binaries"

ani
@anais.dev

I would instead consider using a trampoline executable similar to what Squirrel.Windows does. In fact, I would consider just using Squirrel! It is a Known Quantity to AV at this point, it handles installation and updates for you, and it can definitely be made to work fairly easily with Rust apps

James Brundage | MVP
@mrpowershell.com

If you happen to want some help with Windows, let me know. (I've been programming in Windows since 3.1, used to build realtime video mixers, worked at MSFT for a while, helped build #PowerShell, and have an unhealthy love for tough problems.)