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Nnidhinkumarblog.nidhin.dev5d ago · 5 min read

Why Bun is Leaving Zig: The Full Story of the Rust Rewrite

Bun, the hyper-fast JavaScript runtime known for its incredible speed and Zig-based architecture, is being completely rewritten in Rust. For a project that has over 22 million monthly downloads and ea

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Eelliedevphonobark.hashnode.devMay 14 · 1 min read

Introduction

Phonobark is a project ive been working on to learn Zig, but after getting the proof of concept done a few friends told me I should write a blog on my dev process! What is Phonobark My plan for Phonob

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AWAlan Westalan-west.hashnode.devMay 11 · 6 min read

Bun, Zig, and Rust: What the Rewrite Rumor Means for Your Stack

A surprising headline (with caveats) Last week a tweet from Jarred Sumner — Bun's creator — made the rounds claiming a Zig-to-Rust rewrite is passing 99.8% of the testsuite. I haven't been able to independently verify this through Bun's official rele...

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AWAlan Westalan-west.hashnode.devMay 11 · 6 min read

Why cross-platform desktop apps balloon to 200MB and how to slim them down

The 200MB "Hello World" I shipped my first cross-platform desktop app back in 2018. Markdown editor. Three buttons, a text area, syntax highlighting. The final installer was 187MB. Every time I open Activity Monitor during dev work, I see a handful o...

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SBSufyan bin Uzayrsufyanism.hashnode.devApr 15 · 2 min read

Blueprint: Modernizing a Legacy C Utility with Zig as a Surgical Replacement

A Straightforward Approach to De-Bloating the Toolchain Many infrastructure systems, like log processors, networking tools, embedded utilities, and build systems, still rely on legacy C utilities to r

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SBSufyan bin Uzayrsufyanism.hashnode.devApr 15 · 2 min read

Blueprint: Utilizing Zig + WebAssembly for High-Performance Browser Simulations

The Browser is a Sandbox. It’s Time to Break the Speed Limit. The modern web has problems with "framework fatigue" and V8 overhead. JavaScript has gone a long way, but it was never intended to be used

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SBSufyan bin Uzayrsufyanism.hashnode.devApr 14 · 3 min read

Blueprint: Replacing a Python-Based Data Parser with a Zig Implementation

Most ETL tools, log processors, and data pipelines now use Python. It has several libraries, a big ecosystem, and a syntax that is easy to understand. But if your parser has to handle gigabytes of str

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FJFielding Johnstonjustfielding.hashnode.devMar 26 · 4 min read

I Rebuilt Git in Zig to Save AI Agents 71% on Tokens

AI agents call git constantly. Status, diff, log, show. I pulled data from 3,156 real coding sessions and git accounted for roughly 459,000 tokens of output. That's 7.4% of all shell commands. Codex i

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OMO Melinggothartech.hashnode.devMar 20 · 5 min read

Beyond Framework Maximalism: HTMX, Hono, and WebAssembly in Production

Originally published at Gothar Tech Part of our 2025 software architecture series. Beyond Framework Maximalism: HTMX, Hono, and WebAssembly in Production How Oxide uses HTMX, Hono, and WebAssembly to build a faster, clearer web architecture Teams r...

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YYanisfarddown.hashnode.devMar 11 · 6 min read

Zig – Type Resolution Redesign and Language Changes

Introduction Zig has long been celebrated as a “systems programming language with a single source of truth.” In recent years the community has rolled out a suite of major updates that tighten that promise, especially when it comes to type resolution ...

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