Re:The Zig project is going nowhere
by xeubie on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @07:04AM
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I maintain many large Zig projects (see profile) and none of this matters to me at all. Why should I care what the core team thinks about AI, which code forge they use, or what internet drama happened between them and Bun? I'm too busy building things to care about this HN gossip. It doesn't affect my use of Zig as a tool.
The point about constant compatibility breakage is the only valid one, but users are naturally self-selecting on that. I knew what I was getting into when I chose Zig. The upside is that the language isn't getting saddled by poor early designs (the "Writergate" breakage was a huge design improvement, as is the new Io interface). Also, it goes without saying that LLMs have dramatically reduced the cost of dealing with breaking changes, and the core team isn't going to stop you from using it.
The point about constant compatibility breakage is the only valid one, but users are naturally self-selecting on that. I knew what I was getting into when I chose Zig. The upside is that the language isn't getting saddled by poor early designs (the "Writergate" breakage was a huge design improvement, as is the new Io interface). Also, it goes without saying that LLMs have dramatically reduced the cost of dealing with breaking changes, and the core team isn't going to stop you from using it.