Four months since returning to Zig, I've developed software, re-engaged with the community, and shared my experience. I started snurl, a smallnet library alternative to curl, but discovered its fuzzer was incomplete despite documentation. Two unpublished projects followed: a TUI typer racer and an n-body stellar evolution simulator using raylib.
The highlight was attending Zig Day Seattle on August 20th at the Bothell library, overflowing from Bellevue. I collaborated with Evin Yulo on snurl's TLS backend and spoke with creator Andrew Kelley. The event fostered valuable cross-pollination and community connection.
I appreciate Zig's strict IO and allocator parameters, which enforce explicit resource management unlike most languages' default allocation. While anyzig simplifies switching Zig versions, it breaks outside project directories with build.zig.zon, hindering tooling and autoformatting.
Zig Days offer vital in-person collaboration, as seen at Seattle's event where the creator himself joined. I look forward to future meetups in Seattle and potentially Portland, valuing the community's interconnected spirit and shared development values.
Source: Hacker News · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing