Loris Cro ⚡
@kristoff.it
VP of Community @ Zig Software Foundation • Zig Livecoding http://twitch.tv/kristoff_it • Creator of http://softwareyoucan.love • Blogging http://kristoff.it • Host of https://zig.show • 📧 [email protected]
> new Zig project with fancy homepage, cool!
> whole project is one single AI generated commit, uhmm...
> no build.zig, only BUILD.bazel, 💀
> whole project is one single AI generated commit, uhmm...
> no build.zig, only BUILD.bazel, 💀
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
> new Zig project with fancy homepage, cool!
> whole project is one single AI generated commit, uhmm...
> no build.zig, only BUILD.bazel, 💀
> whole project is one single AI generated commit, uhmm...
> no build.zig, only BUILD.bazel, 💀
Simplistic Comptime Column Safety in SQLite Queries
https://kristoff.it/blog/simplistic-comptime-sqlite/
https://kristoff.it/blog/simplistic-comptime-sqlite/
Simplistic Comptime Column Safety in SQLite Queries | Loris Cro's Blog
https://kristoff.it/blog/simplistic-comptime-sqlite/
kristoff.it
December 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Simplistic Comptime Column Safety in SQLite Queries
https://kristoff.it/blog/simplistic-comptime-sqlite/
https://kristoff.it/blog/simplistic-comptime-sqlite/
Here's another fun one: Atlassian wants you to pay 15 usd/mo PER SLOT if you want parallel builds on YOUR self-hosted runners
https://www.atlassian.com/blog/bitbucket/announcing-v5-self-hosted-runners
https://www.atlassian.com/blog/bitbucket/announcing-v5-self-hosted-runners
Announcing powerful upgrades & a new pricing model for self-hosted runners - Work Life by Atlassian
We’re excited to announce the release of Bitbucket Pipelines self-hosted runners v5.0. This release introduces powerful new capabilities, including the...
www.atlassian.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here's another fun one: Atlassian wants you to pay 15 usd/mo PER SLOT if you want parallel builds on YOUR self-hosted runners
https://www.atlassian.com/blog/bitbucket/announcing-v5-self-hosted-runners
https://www.atlassian.com/blog/bitbucket/announcing-v5-self-hosted-runners
We got out of GitHub right on time!
From Jan 1st you have to pay by the minute to run YOUR OWN self-hosted runners.
Somebody told a C-level about safe_sleep.sh and where we saw a bug, they saw a feature.
resources.github.com/actions/2026...
From Jan 1st you have to pay by the minute to run YOUR OWN self-hosted runners.
Somebody told a C-level about safe_sleep.sh and where we saw a bug, they saw a feature.
resources.github.com/actions/2026...
Pricing changes for GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions pricing update: Discover lower runner rates (up to 39% off) following a major re-architecture for faster, more reliable CI/CD.
resources.github.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We got out of GitHub right on time!
From Jan 1st you have to pay by the minute to run YOUR OWN self-hosted runners.
Somebody told a C-level about safe_sleep.sh and where we saw a bug, they saw a feature.
resources.github.com/actions/2026...
From Jan 1st you have to pay by the minute to run YOUR OWN self-hosted runners.
Somebody told a C-level about safe_sleep.sh and where we saw a bug, they saw a feature.
resources.github.com/actions/2026...
Reminder that asynchrony is not concurrency.
https://lobste.rs/s/uzfrya/zig_s_new_plan_for_asynchronous_programs
https://lobste.rs/s/uzfrya/zig_s_new_plan_for_asynchronous_programs
Zig's new plan for asynchronous programs | Lobsters
21 comments
lobste.rs
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Reminder that asynchrony is not concurrency.
https://lobste.rs/s/uzfrya/zig_s_new_plan_for_asynchronous_programs
https://lobste.rs/s/uzfrya/zig_s_new_plan_for_asynchronous_programs
If you're planning on doing Advent Of Code in Zig this year, my blog post on how to get started still fully applies.
https://kristoff.it/blog/advent-of-code-zig/
https://kristoff.it/blog/advent-of-code-zig/
Advent of Code in Zig
| Loris Cro's Blog
https://kristoff.it/blog/advent-of-code-zig/
kristoff.it
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you're planning on doing Advent Of Code in Zig this year, my blog post on how to get started still fully applies.
https://kristoff.it/blog/advent-of-code-zig/
https://kristoff.it/blog/advent-of-code-zig/
Builtin matrix type proposal was just accepted :^)
https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4960
https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4960
Builtin Matrix type · Issue #4960 · ziglang/zig · GitHub
LLVM 10 introduced nice Matrix intrinsics. Possible syntax: @Matrix(rows, cols, type) Related issue: #903
github.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Builtin matrix type proposal was just accepted :^)
https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4960
https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4960
On Nov 29th I'll be at the Zig Day hosted in Nuremberg, if you're coming, see you there!
zig.day/europe/nurem...
zig.day/europe/nurem...
Zig Day Nürnberg #0
Zig Days are single-day collaborative programming events
zig.day
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
On Nov 29th I'll be at the Zig Day hosted in Nuremberg, if you're coming, see you there!
zig.day/europe/nurem...
zig.day/europe/nurem...
The first ever Zig Day San Francisco has been scheduled!
https://zig.day/usa/san-francisco/0/
https://zig.day/usa/san-francisco/0/
Zig Day
https://zig.day/usa/san-francisco/0/
zig.day
October 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The first ever Zig Day San Francisco has been scheduled!
https://zig.day/usa/san-francisco/0/
https://zig.day/usa/san-francisco/0/
Open Source leadership has succeeded beyond anybody's wildest dreams, it's just that the machine is not designed to do what's written on the tin.
@steveklabnik.com thinks bringing new people into open source is like feeding cats to coyotes. What do you think? 🤔
October 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Open Source leadership has succeeded beyond anybody's wildest dreams, it's just that the machine is not designed to do what's written on the tin.
https://mitchellh.com/writing/zig-builds-getting-faster
Zig Builds Are Getting Faster – Mitchell Hashimoto
https://mitchellh.com/writing/zig-builds-getting-faster
mitchellh.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
https://mitchellh.com/writing/zig-builds-getting-faster
Reposted by Loris Cro ⚡
Reposted by Loris Cro ⚡
Last saturday I went to ZigDay, an entire day dedicated to learning/experimenting with Zig!!
I wrote a short journal here -> marcobacis.dev/blog/2025-se...
Thanks to Coding Bunker (www.codingbunker.it) and in particular to @inge.4pr.es , @omissis.dev and @kristoff.it, for the day!
I wrote a short journal here -> marcobacis.dev/blog/2025-se...
Thanks to Coding Bunker (www.codingbunker.it) and in particular to @inge.4pr.es , @omissis.dev and @kristoff.it, for the day!
First time using Zig @ Zigday
Hi! 👋 Welcome to a new post.
It’s time to get back to “journal” style posts, talking about my experience at cool programming events. Last time was last year for Update Conference, and I really miss wr...
marcobacis.dev
September 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Last saturday I went to ZigDay, an entire day dedicated to learning/experimenting with Zig!!
I wrote a short journal here -> marcobacis.dev/blog/2025-se...
Thanks to Coding Bunker (www.codingbunker.it) and in particular to @inge.4pr.es , @omissis.dev and @kristoff.it, for the day!
I wrote a short journal here -> marcobacis.dev/blog/2025-se...
Thanks to Coding Bunker (www.codingbunker.it) and in particular to @inge.4pr.es , @omissis.dev and @kristoff.it, for the day!
Zig Day San Francisco is up and running!
https://zig.day/usa/san-francisco/
https://zig.day/usa/san-francisco/
Zig Day
https://zig.day/usa/san-francisco/
zig.day
September 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Zig Day San Francisco is up and running!
https://zig.day/usa/san-francisco/
https://zig.day/usa/san-francisco/
Reposted by Loris Cro ⚡
Boston Zig | Meetup
All things for the Zig programming language in the Boston area.
www.meetup.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The first ziglang.org outage
https://ziglang.org/news/first-outage/
https://ziglang.org/news/first-outage/
The First ziglang.org Outage
⚡
Zig Programming Language
https://ziglang.org/news/first-outage/
ziglang.org
September 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The first ziglang.org outage
https://ziglang.org/news/first-outage/
https://ziglang.org/news/first-outage/
Zig's 2025 Financial Report & Fundraiser!
https://ziglang.org/news/2025-financials/
https://ziglang.org/news/2025-financials/
2025 Financial Report and Fundraiser
⚡
Zig Programming Language
https://ziglang.org/news/2025-financials/
ziglang.org
September 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Zig's 2025 Financial Report & Fundraiser!
https://ziglang.org/news/2025-financials/
https://ziglang.org/news/2025-financials/
Reposted by Loris Cro ⚡
I got fed up with animating code for videos so I wrote Mimic. It plays back code based on simple instructions.
crate: crates.io/crates/mimic
github: github.com/togglebyte/m...
crate: crates.io/crates/mimic
github: github.com/togglebyte/m...
August 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I got fed up with animating code for videos so I wrote Mimic. It plays back code based on simple instructions.
crate: crates.io/crates/mimic
github: github.com/togglebyte/m...
crate: crates.io/crates/mimic
github: github.com/togglebyte/m...
Zig 0.15.1 is out!
https://ziglang.org/download/0.15.1/release-notes.html
https://ziglang.org/download/0.15.1/release-notes.html
0.15.1 Release Notes ⚡ The Zig Programming Language
https://ziglang.org/download/0.15.1/release-notes.html
ziglang.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Zig 0.15.1 is out!
https://ziglang.org/download/0.15.1/release-notes.html
https://ziglang.org/download/0.15.1/release-notes.html
Three new Zig Days!
- USA: Seattle, WA
- Canada: Kitchener-Waterloo
- Europe: Bristol (UK)
If you live close to any of them, go to zig.day and subscribe to be notified of upcoming events (we also have RSS and iCal)!
- USA: Seattle, WA
- Canada: Kitchener-Waterloo
- Europe: Bristol (UK)
If you live close to any of them, go to zig.day and subscribe to be notified of upcoming events (we also have RSS and iCal)!
August 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Three new Zig Days!
- USA: Seattle, WA
- Canada: Kitchener-Waterloo
- Europe: Bristol (UK)
If you live close to any of them, go to zig.day and subscribe to be notified of upcoming events (we also have RSS and iCal)!
- USA: Seattle, WA
- Canada: Kitchener-Waterloo
- Europe: Bristol (UK)
If you live close to any of them, go to zig.day and subscribe to be notified of upcoming events (we also have RSS and iCal)!
If you're self-hosting GitHub Actions runners you probably burned YEARS worth of CPU hours because of this ridicolous bug introduced in 2022!
https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/3792
https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/3792
safe_sleep.sh rarely hangs indefinitely · Issue #3792 · actions/runner · GitHub
Describe the bug Very rarely on update of github actions runner safe_sleep.sh hangs forever: $ ps aux USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND ... actions+ 72298 96.3 0.0 4372 3328 ? ...
github.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If you're self-hosting GitHub Actions runners you probably burned YEARS worth of CPU hours because of this ridicolous bug introduced in 2022!
https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/3792
https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/3792
Is any clown at GitHub able to triage this?
https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/3792
https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/3792
safe_sleep.sh rarely hangs indefinitely · Issue #3792 · actions/runner · GitHub
Describe the bug Very rarely on update of github actions runner safe_sleep.sh hangs forever: $ ps aux USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND ... actions+ 72298 96.3 0.0 4372 3328 ? ...
github.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Is any clown at GitHub able to triage this?
https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/3792
https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/3792
I chatted with Brad about the upcoming async I/O in Zig, error payloads, and more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9wWk5y-e7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9wWk5y-e7A
The Zig Async IO Interview with Loris Cro, VP Community at Zig Software Foundation - YouTube
I had a delightful time talking with Loris Cro, the VP of Community at the Zig Software Foundation, about the upcoming changes for async in Zig. Zig's approa...
www.youtube.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I chatted with Brad about the upcoming async I/O in Zig, error payloads, and more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9wWk5y-e7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9wWk5y-e7A
Any Ziguanas in Ontario interested in taking part to a brand new Zig Day in Kitchener/Waterloo?
https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-in-kitchener-waterloo-ontario/11351
https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-in-kitchener-waterloo-ontario/11351
Zig Day in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario - Meet - Ziggit
Hi all! I’m considering hosting a Zig Day in Kitchener-Waterloo in Ontario, most likely in a room in one of the Kitchener or Waterloo public library branches. Probably the downtown Kitchener one, or uptown Waterloo. Date not yet decided, this post is really just to gauge interest and see how many people would be interested in attending 🙂 If you’d like to attend please let me know!
ziggit.dev
August 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Any Ziguanas in Ontario interested in taking part to a brand new Zig Day in Kitchener/Waterloo?
https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-in-kitchener-waterloo-ontario/11351
https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-in-kitchener-waterloo-ontario/11351