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b4ux1t3 :trek_ds9_sisko:#1️⃣In <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zig</a>, is it better to hold a slice of small objects and grow it when necessary, or is it better to just hold on to an ArrayList/MultiArrayList? I guess the use case is important. Want to track the bullets on screen in a little shoot 'em up (Every new engine I try gets a little shmup, ever since I watched <a href="https://mastodon.social/@krystman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@krystman</a>'s wonderful pico 8 shmup videos) and figured I'd try for "proper" data-oriented design a la Andrew Kelley's talk.My assumption is that the (multi)ArrayLists will be more effective at managing bursts of memory, but I figure it wouldn't be _that_ difficult to build a pooling system that allocates when it needs to but re-purposes when it has instances marked "off screen".Or. . .maybe there's a pool-like system in the std library?

LobstersBuilding Statically Linked Go Executables with CGO and Zig <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/va0h3b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lobste.rs/s/va0h3b</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/go" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#go</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zig</a> <a href="https://calabro.io/zig-cgo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://calabro.io/zig-cgo</a>

b4ux1t3 :trek_ds9_sisko:#1️⃣Zig.... <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zig</a>.... What? This is awesome!

b4ux1t3 :trek_ds9_sisko:#1️⃣Ooooooooooooh.<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zig</a> files are, themselves, structs.This is awesome, and explains some of my confusion around namespacing and stuff.Also: custom formatters for structs? So nice. Love the member accessing syntax.Hot damn I haven't been this excited about a language in a few years.

Gus Schenkel :slackware: :kde:<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@sushee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sushee</a> nice, I recently updated few days ago the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zig</a> slackbuild script.<a href="https://gitlab.com/slackware-brazil/slackbuilds/-/commit/6beeae327c8d582fc2d732187ddce7467622a8dd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gitlab.com/slackware-brazil/slackbuilds/-/commit/6beeae327c8d582fc2d732187ddce7467622a8dd</a>

Curated Hacker NewsCrabtime: Zig’s Comptime in Rust<a href="https://crates.io/crates/crabtime" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://crates.io/crates/crabtime</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rust</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zig</a>

LobstersCrabtime: Zig's Comptime in Rust <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/r1hu2x" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lobste.rs/s/r1hu2x</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rust</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zig</a> <a href="https://docs.rs/crabtime/latest/crabtime/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://docs.rs/crabtime/latest/crabtime/</a>

Bhavani Shankar 💭<a href="https://crates.io/crates/crabtime" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">crabtime</a> is a procedural macro for writing macros that look like Rust code. It reminds me of homoiconicity of lisp and the comptime feature in zig. <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/rust" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rust</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/zig" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zig</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/comptime" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#comptime</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/lisp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lisp</a>

avlap<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xIFpg7sBVs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xIFpg7sBVs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/ziglang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ziglang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zig</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gamedev</a>

b4ux1t3 :trek_ds9_sisko:#1️⃣I'm gonna try a thing:I've been letting a few projects languish for a while now. One of them is my 6502 emulator, which I ported from c++ to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CSharp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSharp</a> a few years ago.I kind of want to port it again, or maybe just reimplement it.The top of my list is a real grab bag of languages:<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rust</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zig</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Swift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Swift</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GoLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoLang</a>I may just get some of the basic addressing logic done in each of them and see what sticks. They're in rough order of "what I want to play with", though of all of them I have the most familiarity with rust. With Zig I have practically zero experience, and the other two sit somewhere in between.The point here is not to start language wars, and I'll straight up mute anyone who tries, but I'd love to hear folks' thoughts.If you want to make the case for another language, feel free to drop them in the replies! Really only looking for statically-compiled languages, and I'm not writing it in Java. ;)Edit: Oh, and, boosts appreciated!

LobstersLightpanda: A new browser built for machines <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/yt4vlb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lobste.rs/s/yt4vlb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#browsers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zig</a> <a href="https://lightpanda.io/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lightpanda.io/</a>

LobstersDead Simple Snapshot Testing In Zig <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/iguimj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lobste.rs/s/iguimj</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#testing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zig</a> <a href="https://kristoff.it/blog/dead-simple-snapshot-testing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kristoff.it/blog/dead-simple-snapshot-testing/</a>

LavX NewsRevolutionizing Testing: Snapshot Testing for Static Site GeneratorsSnapshot testing is emerging as a powerful tool for developers, especially in the realm of static site generators. This article delves into how to implement snapshot testing in your projects, leveragi...<a href="https://news.lavx.hu/article/revolutionizing-testing-snapshot-testing-for-static-site-generators" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://news.lavx.hu/article/revolutionizing-testing-snapshot-testing-for-static-site-generators</a><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/StaticSiteGenerator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StaticSiteGenerator</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zig</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/SnapshotTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SnapshotTesting</a>

LobstersComptime Zig ORM <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/ki7hmf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lobste.rs/s/ki7hmf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zig</a> <a href="https://matklad.github.io/2025/03/19/comptime-zig-orm.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://matklad.github.io/2025/03/19/comptime-zig-orm.html</a>

Abraham Samma🔬🔭👨‍💻Ziglang allows for safer, more efficient and enjoyable use of C dependencies and integration with C codebases than Rust, and there are some significant performance and developer experience benefits.<a href="https://zackoverflow.dev/writing/unsafe-rust-vs-zig/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://zackoverflow.dev/writing/unsafe-rust-vs-zig/</a><a href="https://toolsforthought.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rust</a> <a href="https://toolsforthought.social/tags/zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zig</a>

Profoundly Nerdy<a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/@bortzmeyer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bortzmeyer</a> Zig is one of three languages I have my eye on!- <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zig</a> - Procedural and easier to read than C. - <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Haskell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Haskell</a> - Functional in the extreme. - <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Rakulang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rakulang</a> - Can be functional, can be procedural, can be OO. Fantastic grammar / <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/regex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regex</a> model.I think they complement each other. Every Haskell guy I have introduced to Raku has loved it. I've known a few people who use Zig when they don't feel like being purely functional.

Stéphane Bortzmeyer<a href="https://bitbang.social/@profoundlynerdy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@profoundlynerdy</a> Use <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zig</a>!

LobstersZest: a programming language for malleable and legible systems <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/grpayi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lobste.rs/s/grpayi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compilers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#compilers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zig</a> <a href="https://github.com/jamii/zest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/jamii/zest</a>

INCD021<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zig</a> might be the cure for my fever (and not more cow-bell). It's been easy to get started with zig and <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/raylib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#raylib</a>, so that's nice. BUT I really HATE the way zig does conversions between int->float->int. But I get why, so guess I just have to learn it, and use the right types from the get-go.<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#learning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/code4fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#code4fun</a>

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