My issue with Zig is that Andrew Kelly keeps rewriting and rewriting and changing the design non stop.
I am not saying this is bad for the language itself, but I wonder whether he realizes that you will never solve all of the tensions that come with a language.
It is very hard for me to sell Zig at work due to its perma beta status.
I know Zig advocates will be "you don't need to be on latest all time", "migrating to newer versions is often painless", etc, but the fact is that tech field moves at such speed already that you want some of the ingredients to stay stable.
One of the core reasons C is still relevant and as popular as ever in 2026 is that the language has barely changed.
Tooling around it has made giant leaps forward, but the language itself did not.
I really appreciate how Zig is playing the long game. I'm a bit worried about how relevant they will be in the future due to the fast pace we're moving at right now with AI and all of this stuff, but I'd love Zig to become the next fundamental language for decades to come, so I think their approach is the right one.
I'm very excited about the future of Zig! I really love the conservative and measured approach they are taking. Unlike many others these days, they appear to prioritise doing things right over simply going as fast as possible and trying to grab as much attention as possible.
Github Gitlab should work with stripe to let projects gate PRs in the main repository, both for being in queue & jumping the queue for prioritization, solve sponsoring OSS for good.
My issue with Zig is that Andrew Kelly keeps rewriting and rewriting and changing the design non stop.
I am not saying this is bad for the language itself, but I wonder whether he realizes that you will never solve all of the tensions that come with a language.
It is very hard for me to sell Zig at work due to its perma beta status.
I know Zig advocates will be "you don't need to be on latest all time", "migrating to newer versions is often painless", etc, but the fact is that tech field moves at such speed already that you want some of the ingredients to stay stable.
One of the core reasons C is still relevant and as popular as ever in 2026 is that the language has barely changed.
Tooling around it has made giant leaps forward, but the language itself did not.
I really appreciate how Zig is playing the long game. I'm a bit worried about how relevant they will be in the future due to the fast pace we're moving at right now with AI and all of this stuff, but I'd love Zig to become the next fundamental language for decades to come, so I think their approach is the right one.
Thoroughly enjoyed this interview. Zig is blessed with a project lead who is a real one, a person with principles. Respect.
I'm very excited about the future of Zig! I really love the conservative and measured approach they are taking. Unlike many others these days, they appear to prioritise doing things right over simply going as fast as possible and trying to grab as much attention as possible.
Github Gitlab should work with stripe to let projects gate PRs in the main repository, both for being in queue & jumping the queue for prioritization, solve sponsoring OSS for good.