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fx Deep Dive: Inside Vercel's Tiny Native Coding Agent
fx is Vercel Labs' experimental coding agent written in Zig: a roughly 6 MiB native binary built to be embedded anywhere from CI sandboxes to the browser. We read the source, the docs, and the launch thread so you can decide fast.
9 min read
Zig's Incremental Compilation: 50ms Rebuilds From a Core Team Deep Dive
Zig core team member mlugg published the definitive deep-dive on how Zig's incremental compilation works - file pipeline, semantic analysis, dependency tracking, and a custom incremental linker. 244 HN points and a rare steveklabnik endorsement.
8 min read
Roc's Rust-to-Zig Rewrite: 487 Days, 300K Lines, and What the Numbers Actually Show
Richard 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.
7 min read
Zig Creator on the Bun-to-Rust Rewrite: What the Controversy Reveals
Andrew Kelley's blunt response to Anthropic's AI-assisted Bun rewrite sparked debate about AI marketing, language choices, and what makes engineering decisions honest.
7 min read
Mitchell Hashimoto on Building Ghostty in Zig: Simplicity, Control, and Terminal Performance
The 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.
7 min read
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