ZIG
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3 posts, 1 tool
Blog
Roc's Rust-to-Zig Rewrite: 487 Days, 300K Lines, and What the Numbers Actually ShowRichard Feldman's team rewrote the Roc compiler from Rust to Zig in 487 days. The memory safety numbers challenge assumptions, and the 35ms incremental rebuilds are real. Here's the full breakdown.
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Zig Creator on the Bun-to-Rust Rewrite: What the Controversy RevealsAndrew Kelley's blunt response to Anthropic's AI-assisted Bun rewrite sparked debate about AI marketing, language choices, and what makes engineering decisions honest.
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Mitchell Hashimoto on Building Ghostty in Zig: Simplicity, Control, and Terminal PerformanceThe HashiCorp co-founder explains why he chose Zig over Rust for Ghostty, the technical challenges of terminal emulator development, and what systems programming looks like in 2026.
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GhosttyTerminal emulator built in Zig with platform-native UI and GPU acceleration. 2ms key-to-screen latency. Metal on macOS, Vulkan/OpenGL on Linux. By the co-founder of HashiCorp.
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