Articles by Tag #zig
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Rust vs. Zig: The New Programming Language Battle for Performance
Introduction: The Rise of a New Challenger For years, Rust has long been the go-to language for...
Rust vs Zig Error Handling
Error handling approaches in Rust and Zig
Learning Zig : a Python dev's learning notes
Transitioning from GC languages and learning the Zig toolchain
Quick Zig and C String Conversion Conundrums
Intro My background is mostly in C and as I am still new to zig some of the type...
Zig Allocators Explained
What is zig Zig is a relatively new sys programming language that serves as an alternative...
Implementing UTF-8 Encoding in Zig
tl;dr Created a library to read/write UTF-8 encoded Unicode values in Zig for my simple text editor....
Zig is the Next Big Programming Language
What is Zig? Zig is a general-purpose programming language designed for performance,...
Using Postgres Notifications To Enhance Dev Testing
tl;dr Link to Github repo The Setup Sometimes your database can seem like a black box....
Read Directory Contents With Zig
Efficiently Reading Directory Contents in Zig with a Page Allocator Hey there welcome back...
Error Handling in Zig: A Fresh Approach to Reliability
Error handling in Zig is one of its most distinctive features. Unlike other languages that use...
Zig First Impressions from a JS Dev
I've been learning zig for my game development project, read more about it here. Those are my initial...
Why I should start using Zig language?
Why I should start using Zig language? What made better than Go or Rust? How many companies are...
Mandelbrot set with Numerical Elixir and Zigler
We build a Mandelbrot set explorer with a Livebook. It is an Elixir code runner that lets you write...
A performant and extensible Web Server with Zig and Python
Preface I am passionate about my interest in software development, specifically the puzzle...
Building Blocks Of Zig: Unions
What are Zig Unions? Zig unions are a way to represent a type that can be one of several...
Zig's Power in Action: C Integration and WASM Compilation for Terrain Generation
Zig's ability to directly interface with C libraries and compile to WebAssembly (WASM) opens doors...
Zig First Impressions
Table of Contents Why Zig? What is Zig? The Good The Bad The Ugly ...
Dynamic memory allocation - when, why and woes
Sharing a good answer from perplexity.ai about dynamic memory allocation (as opposed to static memory...
Is Manual Memory Management Really Necessary? A Look at Zig and Rust
A detailed comparison of memory management approaches in Zig and Rust, exploring when manual memory management is necessary and how both languages handle safety and performance considerations.
The wicked path of independent Linux Distro
Preface Some time ago I wrote a post about Helix editor and questioned it existence. Since...
First Reverse Proxy Built with Zig
The first-ever reverse proxy built with Zig. If you're a developer, sysadmin, or just someone...
Learning Zig, day #1
The why So I have decided to learn Zig. This is kind of an odd decision because I have...
Системное программирование на Ryton: мощь Zig в элегантной обёртке
Приветствую, разработчики! Сегодня расскажу как Ryton позволяет писать системный код, сохраняя при...
Building Blocks Of Zig: slices
What are Zig Slices? Slices are a way to represent a contiguous sequence of elements in...
TIL: Ghostty — a new and quite promising terminal emulator
Hello there! If you've been following my blog, you might have noticed that I'm usually leaning...
Compiling Programs With Zig's Comptime Magic
Introduction In this article, we'll be exploring a curious way to use Zig's build system...
From Python to Zig: My Journey into Low-Level Programming
background I`ve benn working with Python for a couple of yeas.. I felt that learning a...
Writing a window manager in zig with xcb - part 2
From the first post, I have been trying to understand how xcb library works and what are all those...
'How to boost Python program performance with Zig'
Two years ago Zig was "the new modern alternative to C." Now we've moved on to the "tutorials" phase...
Building Blocks Of Zig: Understanding Structs
To learn more about Zig and why I think it's an amazing language check out my blog post Zig is The...