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Hacker NewsZig Interface Revisited<a href="https://williamw520.github.io/2025/07/13/zig-interface-revisited.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://williamw520.github.io/2025/07/13/zig-interface-revisited.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zig</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Interface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Interface</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Revisited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Revisited</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwaredevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#softwaredevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technews</a>

Profoundly NerdyZig folks, what do you attribute the language's growth to? Zig is neither fully memory safe nor the first attempt at a C replacement, yet it's growing. What can unpopular language learn from your community? <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a>

Oto ŠťávaInspired by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@kristoff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kristoff</a> having merged my PR to Zine just today :))<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zig</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zine</a>

IT NewsC++ Encounters of the Rusty Zig Kind - There comes a time in any software developer’s life when they look at their achiev... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/c-encounters-of-the-rusty-zig-kind/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/c-encounters-of-the-rusty-zig-kind/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/programminglanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programminglanguages</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwaredevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#softwaredevelopment</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaycolumns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackadaycolumns</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rustlang</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a>

Profoundly NerdyI find a lot of Haskell folks enjoy Raku once they're properly introduced, but what about the Zig crowd? They're very different languages, I know, but their respective developers both seem to note each language is fun in its own way. <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/rakulang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rakulang</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/haskell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#haskell</a>

NerdNextDoor :Blobhaj:<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vkuroko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vkuroko</a> has full <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> support now!vkuroko is a project programmed in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zig</a> that brings the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kuroko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kuroko</a> scripting language (dialect of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Python</a>) to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SourceEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SourceEngine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Games</a>. Originally only ran on Windows but now works on Linux!<a href="https://github.com/evanlin96069/vkuroko" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/evanlin96069/vkuroko</a>The creator is a great guy. You should check out his other projects like his <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ika" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ika</a> language. Go show him some support!<a href="https://github.com/evanlin96069/ika" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/evanlin96069/ika</a><a href="https://github.com/evanlin96069" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/evanlin96069</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Game</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameEngine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GitHub</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ZigLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ZigLang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Valve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Valve</a>

Karsten SchmidtVarious thi.ng updates, bug fixes, additions and new version of <a href="https://github.com/thi-ng/zig-thing/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/thi-ng/zig-thing/</a> — now fully compatible with current Zig v0.14.1On a more diary/devlog note: I also updated several of my Zig based work-in-progress art pieces to the latest version (some of them not touched in 2+ years) and it's so good to see how the <a href="https://thi.ng/wasm-api" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thi.ng/wasm-api</a> toolchain has been holding up with various breaking Zig changes and also how this setup simplifies creating hybrid Zig/TypeScript projects (e.g. for using DOM/WebGL from Zig). Related, I also want to mention once more the <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/GenArtAPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenArtAPI</a> Zig WebAssembly bindings[1] (updated a few weeks ago), which add another layer of flexibility & boilerplate reduction for generative/procedural/algorithmic art projects...I will be attempting yet another few takes creating a video overview & mini-workshop/tutorial about <a href="https://thi.ng/genart-api" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thi.ng/genart-api</a>, hopefully also touching on these aspects...[1] <a href="https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/tree/main/packages/wasm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/tree/main/packages/wasm</a><a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/ThingUmbrella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThingUmbrella</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zig</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ziglang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/WebAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebAssembly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/WASM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WASM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/GenArtAPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenArtAPI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/GenerativeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenerativeArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/AlgorithmicArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlgorithmicArt</a>

Karsten SchmidtPSA for people using <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ziglang</a> via the <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/ASDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ASDF</a> version manager: The "official" Zig plugin seems to be unmaintained and doesn't support the new URL format of recent Zig releases, but there's a new fork of the plugin which does. You can switch to it via:``` asdf plugin remove zig asdf plugin add zig <a href="https://github.com/thaolt/asdf-zig" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/thaolt/asdf-zig</a> asdf install zig 0.14.1 ```

Zig WeeklyZig's self-hosted x86 backend is now default in Debug mode<a href="https://ziglang.org/devlog/2025/?unique%2F=#2025-06-08" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ziglang.org/devlog/2025/?unique%2F=#2025-06-08</a>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://ziglang.org/devlog/2025/?unique%252F=%232025-06-08" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://discu.eu/q/https://ziglang.org/devlog/2025/?unique%252F=%232025-06-08</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a>

Zig WeeklyCross compiling Zig on an old Kindle<a href="https://samkhawase.com/blog/zig-kindle-gdb/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://samkhawase.com/blog/zig-kindle-gdb/</a>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://samkhawase.com/blog/zig-kindle-gdb/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://discu.eu/q/https://samkhawase.com/blog/zig-kindle-gdb/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a>

Zig WeeklyWANTED: Zig-Based Multithreaded Projects<a href="https://github.com/g41797/yaaamp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/g41797/yaaamp</a>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/g41797/yaaamp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/g41797/yaaamp</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a>

linus :linuspet:They did it!!! :apartyblobcat: <a class="hashtag" href="https://donotsta.re/tag/ziglang" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a> <a href="https://github.com/ziglang/zig/pull/24072" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://github.com/ziglang/zig/pull/24072</a>

Zig WeeklyLow-Level Optimization with Zig<a href="https://alloc.dev/2025/06/07/zig_optimization" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://alloc.dev/2025/06/07/zig_optimization</a>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://alloc.dev/2025/06/07/zig_optimization" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://discu.eu/q/https://alloc.dev/2025/06/07/zig_optimization</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a>

Zig WeeklyMinimal HTTP Server Implementation from Scratch<a href="https://github.com/JayanAXHF/zig_http_server.git" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/JayanAXHF/zig_http_server.git</a>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/JayanAXHF/zig_http_server.git" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/JayanAXHF/zig_http_server.git</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a>

Jan :rust: :ferris:Owi<a href="https://github.com/OCamlPro/owi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/OCamlPro/owi</a>Symbolic execution for <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Wasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wasm</a>, <a href="https://floss.social/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C</a>, C++, <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rust</a> and <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zig</a>"<a href="https://floss.social/tags/Owi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Owi</a> is an open-source framework for advanced <a href="https://floss.social/tags/WebAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebAssembly</a> analysis and manipulation, with a focus on practical symbolic execution and robust tooling. It is designed for researchers, engineers, programming language enthusiasts and practitioners requiring precise, flexible, and extensible support program reasoning."<a href="https://floss.social/tags/FormalVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FormalVerification</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/SoftwareTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareTesting</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Testing</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/RustLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RustLang</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ZigLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ZigLang</a>

Zig WeeklySpent the weekend building Space Invaders in Zig<a href="https://github.com/MashyBasker/spice" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/MashyBasker/spice</a>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/MashyBasker/spice" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/MashyBasker/spice</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a>

Zig WeeklyZigmode : automatic restarter<a href="https://github.com/yousef1110ya/zigmod" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/yousef1110ya/zigmod</a>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/yousef1110ya/zigmod" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/yousef1110ya/zigmod</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a>

Zig Weeklycreating a struct with init/deinit<a href="http://entry.name" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://entry.name</a>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/http://entry.name" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://discu.eu/q/http://entry.name</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a>

Zig WeeklyZig is better than Rust (sometimes)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9eFGToyjf8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9eFGToyjf8</a>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9eFGToyjf8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://discu.eu/q/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9eFGToyjf8</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rustlang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ziglang</a>

Karsten Schmidt<a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/ReleaseMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReleaseMonday</a> — New version (v0.27.0) of <a href="https://thi.ng/genart-api" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thi.ng/genart-api</a>, a platform-independent extensible API for browser-based computational/algorithmic/generative art projects:This version features an overhaul of the platform provided PRNG (pseudo-random number generator) handling and makes it easier to create multiple PRNGs for artworks which require/desire them...Related section in the README: <a href="https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/blob/main/README.md#determinism--prng-provision" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/blob/main/README.md#determinism--prng-provision</a>Also, just as a reminder, the project has:- no external dependencies - adapters for 3 art platforms (EditArt, fxhash, Layer) - 6 example projects - testing/dev sandbox with two parameter editors - WebAssembly bindings & demo (currently for <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zig</a> only)Happy coding! :)<a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/GenArtAPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenArtAPI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/GenerativeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenerativeArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/AlgorithmicArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlgorithmicArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/ProceduralArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProceduralArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Parameters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Parameters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Interoperability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/TypeScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TypeScript</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JavaScript</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/WebAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebAssembly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/WASM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WASM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ziglang</a>

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