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• 38+ Cryptographic Algorithms in Pure Zig - Zero Dependencies, Zero Std Imports

  I just open-sourced a collection of 38+ cryptographic algorithms written entirely in pure Zig -- zero external dependencies, zero std library imports, zero dynamic allocation. - Source: dev.to / 18 days ago

• Building a Real-Time System Monitor with Zig, Bun, and WebSockets

  I chose the Zig programming language for this. Why Zig? - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago

• Zig programming language 0.6.0 release notes

  (2020) latest release is 0.15.2 https://ziglang.org. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Comparing images with AVX

  It was originally written in OCaml and recently it was rewritten in zig for better SIMD support. - Source: dev.to / 9 months ago

• Show HN: Ü Programming Language

  > What kind of code snippets could you suggest? Anything really! Some websites that do this currently: https://ziglang.org, https://crystal-lang.org and https://www.ruby-lang.org/en > I have a comparison table mentioning features Yes - I did see this in the README. Maybe worth adding it, or something similar to the website. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Why Zig + Qt Feels Like Doing the Impossible Right

  Zig Programming Language – Learn more about Zig, its syntax, and features. - Source: dev.to / 9 months ago

• Show HN: Dk – A script runner and cross-compiler, written in OCaml

  I usually structure teaching the same way done in https://www.writethedocs.org/videos/eu/2017/the-four-kinds-of-documentation-and-why-you-need-to-understand-what-they-are-daniele-procida/. So "the Quick Walkthrough Guide will explain what dk scripts are and give you small examples to run" is simply a learning-oriented tutorial which is mostly about giving students confidence and visual feedback. And simultaneously... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• What is Bun? The Node.js Alternative Explained

  Bun is written from scratch in Zig, a low-level language focused on performance and safety. Instead of using V8 (the engine behind Node and Deno), Bun runs on JavaScriptCore, the engine used in Safari. This choice helps it stay fast and efficient, both in terms of memory and startup time. - Source: dev.to / about 1 year ago

• RawWeb Updates: SimHash and Meilisearch

  For local testing, just run cargo build --release. But cross-platform compilation is much more complicated. Fortunately, the Zig toolchain greatly simplifies C cross-compilation, eliminating the need for musl libc! - Source: dev.to / about 1 year ago

• F8 – an 8 bit architecture designed for C and memory efficiency [video]

  Https://ziglang.org/ is a solid future C-replacement, IMHO. There's pretty much no downsides and all upsides from a C hacker's perspective. It just hasn't reached 1.0 yet! - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Rust Kernel Policy

  But the situation for Rust-C++ interop is also worse than for Rust-C interop. Why else would Google spend maybe $1 million on improving it in 2024? https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/05/google_rust_donation/ Many years after Rust got support in Mozilla for usage with Firefox written in C++. >My sibling is also correct, language decisions were made in order to keep FFI zero overhead. Yet overhead is only one piece... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What are some software projects with impressive websites?

  I am looking for some inspiration at websites for software projects that do a very good of job explaining their product right from the get go. Things like programming language or database home pages/docs or open source projects with good git READMEs. Though I've never used it, I think https://ziglang.org/ is a great example as it explains what makes the language unique, gives a code example right at the beginning,... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• TIL: Ghostty — a new and quite promising terminal emulator

  At the same time, in the internal Slack of the company I work for, my colleague asked the security team whether we have any policies about the apps, as they'd like to start using Ghostty as their terminal emulator. I took a look at it, and it immediately caught my attention: a fresh look, a zero-config setup, platform-native UI (discovered in details in the “Ghostty Is Native—So What?” post by Gregory Anders) and... - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago

• C++ or Rust? I'd stick to my good old C++

  I'm not sure which language will be more mainstream in the future between these two. Maybe Zig(https://ziglang.org) can be some contender in the future, but not now at least - it could be a good contender at least it shows OOP grammar as simple as Python, internalizing vtable. For C++ and Rust, at least for me Rust is more like "you MUST do this" while C++ is like "you CAN do it also in this way." While one is... - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago

• Enum of Arrays

  I'll tell you my experience with Zig. I don't have any. I saw maybe Primagen talking about it and I see your post here. I watched 10 minutes of your vimeo video. I see it has 30k+ stars on github. So now I have to try to understand it in a nutshell. First like any language, I go to indeed.com and put in "Zig" to see if there are any jobs listed which use it. I don't see any. Then I click to https://ziglang.org/... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Huly – Open-Source All-in-One Project Management Platform

  Interestingly, Huly is also the sponsor of the Zig programming language[1]. [1]: https://ziglang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• One must imagine Sisyphus writing a new JS framework

  You crave the simplicity of C, but miss modern features and a nice build system? You got Zig. - Source: dev.to / almost 2 years ago

• Zig vs. Rust at work: the choice we made

  Zig language mentioned in the post: https://ziglang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• What to Learn? Cpp vs. Go

  You might also want to consider Zig: https://ziglang.org/ It supports cross-compilation to a wide range of targets and supports C & C++ as well. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Show HN: I made a better Perplexity for developers

  It's "Zig" not "Zag". https://ziglang.org/ Zig is under heavy development, but there's a single page https://ziglang.org/documentation/0.12.0/ that is a reasonably comprehensive source of truth about the current state of the language. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• How to Write a PHP Extension with Zig?

  When writing code in a scripting language, sometimes you need that extra bit of performance (or maybe an async feature from Zig). - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago