https://youtu.be/zwi5b5xSsKA?is=PTjJJjSnVMdRuZag

It may surprise some people here to see that Andrew is warming up to using LLMs to discover bugs (inspired by results from SQLlite) and considers it a tool on the path to getting to bug free software.

It’s not for everyone yet. It’s still unstable, and its ecosystem is small. However, both are improving.

I'm looking forward to see what the new build integration can unlock on the tooling side.

What I'm looking for the most for the next release(s):

- New stackless coroutine IO implementation

- First class fuzzer tooling

Background is I created issue and one pull request to fix them in zig compiler version 0.16.1 issue numbers 36812, 36811 (you cannot access them as my account is banned can see my fork at [2]). Respecting the community’s no AI stand. For these specific issues I wrote the issue and code myself and not let AI write it. Spend a lot of time on it. Subsequently without any notice my account was banned because my projects on github using zig uses LLM. This was done without message or any information. My account was banned on zig repository.

I can now understand the other side of coin how bun team might have been treated with disdain when they used LLM.

I wrote an email and left the zig community, have many work in zig but slowly moving them to odin.

I feel personal disdain should not be spilled on to people who are pragmatic on using LLM. I was a very big evangelist of zig for their no LLM stand and promoted them among my community, but with poor treatment by community I just left. You can still see projects I wrote in zig [3].

I have worked with postgreql community since 1997 and python community since 1998. Never felt such hostile community. So all the best and I wish zig continue its progress

[1] https://github.com/insanai/sqlodin

[2] https://codeberg.org/vyomtech/zig

[3] https://github.com/insanai/zenfmt

Once that is done, @dnautics is working on memory safety for zig [1]. A Checker for Lifetimes and other Refinement types.

Then we can start the Rust vs Zig Debate again. Hopefully not too late.

[1] https://github.com/ityonemo/clr/

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