Sign in

Loris Cro ⚡

@kristoff.it
1.9K followers 19 following 496 posts

VP of Community @ Zig Software Foundation • Zig Livecoding twitch.tv/kristoff_it • Curator of softwareyoucan.love • Creator of zine-ssg.io • Blogging kristoff.it

PostsRepliesMedia
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 23/09/2026
If you ever wondered what even is the point of Zig. #ziglang kristoff.it/blog/the-zig...
kristoff.it
The Zig Journey
Loris Cro's Blog
170
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 17/08/2026
*taps sign*
010
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 09/08/2026
Who Should Pay For Source Code Availability? kristoff.it/blog/source-code-availa…
kristoff.it
Who Should Pay For Source Code Availability? | Loris Cro's Blog
https://kristoff.it/blog/source-code-availability/
142
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 24/07/2026
Could very well have been a keynote for Software You Can Love but in some ways it's better this way :^) www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLZwpH5lCD4
youtube.com
Don't Take the Black Pill - Andrew Kelley | SSW 2026 - YouTube
Abstract: In our modern world, it's easy to feel like things are careening out of control; that the future is happening to us while we take a back seat... an...
0122
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 10/07/2026
Working on a Zig library to generate SVG railroad diagrams! twitch.tv/kristoff_it youtube.com/live/2uKx5_APAUQ?featur…
twitch.tv
kristoff_it - Twitch
Railroad Diagrams! ⚡ https://github.com/kristoff-it/awebo
031
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 07/07/2026
Zine v0.12.0 is out, bringing a big upgrade to Ziggy, the config and frontmatter language. zine-ssg.io/log/#v0.12.0
zine-ssg.io
Devlog - Zine
https://zine-ssg.io/log/#v0.12.0
030
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 04/07/2026
gingerbill calling andrew a communist is one of the weirdest things I've seen from the neo handmade community katamari64.se/posts/2026/o...
katamari64.se
Odin, Wikipedia and Engagement Farming
151
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 04/07/2026
Review of Zig after 100k lines of game code by Madrigal Games. (spoilers: not everything is perfect) www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXpUShkr2VQ
020
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 01/07/2026
It seems that Godot knows how to play Contributor Poker as well... godotengine.org/article/contributio…
godotengine.org
Changes to our Contribution Policies – Godot Engine
Godot is growing fast, so here is how we are dealing with the huge increase in contributions.
010
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 20/06/2026
Getting my LSP to work with my static site generator. #ziglang twitch.tv/kristoff_it youtube.com/live/LmXQXyM... (no music)
twitch.tv
kristoff_it - Twitch
Ziggy (https://ziggy-lang.io) ⚡ https://github.com/kristoff-it/awebo
010
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 17/06/2026
Zine v0.11.3 is out! zine-ssg.io/log/#v0.11.3
zine-ssg.io
Devlog - Zine
https://zine-ssg.io/log/#v0.11.3
050
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 17/06/2026
I'm live to work on Ziggy (ziggy-lang.io),my JSON replacemenvt language. I'm about to upgrade Zine (zine-ssg.io), my static site generator to the latest version of Ziggy. twitch.tv/kristoff_it youtube.com/live/hRdkA7nNQh4 (no music)
twitch.tv
Twitch
Ziggy (https://ziggy-lang.io) ⚡ https://github.com/kristoff-it/awebo
031
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 15/06/2026
Returning to Zig gracefulliberty.com/articles/return…
gracefulliberty.com
Returning to Zig — Anna Liberty
Zig is rising in popularity. It hasn't yet seized the space occupied by even Rust or Go, much less C, but it has been adopted by a few major projects and countless smaller ones. As such, it's becoming an important language for the future. having been interested in Zig for several years, I decided to check back in on the language and see how I feel about it today.
051
Reposted by Loris Cro ⚡
Danik Vitek @danikvitek.eurosky.social · 05/06/2026
@kristoff.it on Allocator names www.twitch.tv/kristoff_it/... Clipped this a year ago for future reference #ziglang
twitch.tv
Allocator names - kristoff_it on Twitch
kristoff_it went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Software and Game Development VOD now.
041
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 06/06/2026
This is an interesting and absolutely valid use case. My plan is to introduce the concept of HTML snippets and make them 'callable' from SuperMD content files.
130
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 03/06/2026
Sometimes I run out of steam, sometimes I go down the wrong path, and some other times I deliberately take detours, but nobody can trick me into mistaking lesser stars for my true destination. kristoff.it/blog/north-s...
kristoff.it
My Software North Star
Loris Cro's Blog
000
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 31/05/2026
You Must Fix Your Asserts kristoff.it/blog/fix-your-asserts
kristoff.it
You Must Fix Your Asserts | Loris Cro's Blog
https://kristoff.it/blog/fix-your-asserts/
063
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 30/05/2026
New Zig Devlog about ELF linker improvements, featuring 30ms rebuilds of a Tetris game. Incremental is coming and y'all not ready. ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-05-30
ziglang.org
Devlog ⚡ Zig Programming Language
https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-05-30
0101
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 29/05/2026
For some people AI is an autoadaptive dunning-kruger system.
000
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 28/05/2026
The next Zig Day Seattle (WA) is going to be on Jun 13! Make sure to RSVP if you plan to attend! zig.day/usa/seattle/2
zig.day
Zig Day
https://zig.day/usa/seattle/2/
040
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 28/05/2026
About LLMs at Zig Days kristoff.it/blog/llms-at...
kristoff.it
About LLMs at Zig Days
Loris Cro's Blog
030
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 27/05/2026
Andrew's interview with JetBrains www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqddnwKF8HQ
youtube.com
Zig 2026: No-AI Policy, $670K Foundation, Left GitHub & Why Zig Isn’t 1.0 - Andrew Kelley Explains - YouTube
Andrew Kelley quit his job in 2018 to build a programming language. Eight years later, Zig powers Ghostty, TigerBeetle and Uber's cross-compilation. It's top...
0132
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 16/05/2026
Systems Distributed '26 is getting closer and so is the Zig Day Boston scheduled for the day before (completely free, NO conference ticket required). Come practice your systems thinking and make software you can love with us! RSVP: luma.com/eloljzc0
luma.com
Zig Day @ Systems Distributed '26 · Luma
This is a special one-off Zig Day event hosted at the MIT Museum in Boston! TigerBeetle has kindly offered to sponsor a Zig Day that runs the day before…
031
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 05/05/2026
Scripty kristoff.it/blog/scripty
kristoff.it
Scripty | Loris Cro's Blog
https://kristoff.it/blog/scripty/
020
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 29/04/2026
Contributor Poker and Zig's AI Ban kristoff.it/blog/contributor-poker-…
kristoff.it
Contributor Poker and Zig's AI Ban | Loris Cro's Blog
https://kristoff.it/blog/contributor-poker-and-ai/
061
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 17/04/2026
The next Systems Distributed has been announced. Next to it we'll also run a special one-off Zig Day Boston open to anybody! systemsdistributed.com zig.day/special/0
systemsdistributed.com
Systems Distributed '26
A conference to teach systems programming and thinking, and how to apply these ideas. All the way across the stack. From systems languages and compilers, to databases and distributed systems.
041
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 26/03/2026
So it seems that now everybody else is realizing that GitHub is broken as fuck in a storm of managers that have no idea what to do with the product and mindless vibecoding. Told ya.
050
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 23/03/2026
Last reminder that this saturday Zig Day Naples will take place! Join Andrew, me and other people interested in making software you can love! zig.day/europe/naples/0
zig.day
Zig Day
https://zig.day/europe/naples/0/
070
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 17/03/2026
pip install ziglang cemrehancavdar.com/2026/03/05/zig-c…
cemrehancavdar.com
pip install ziglang - Cemrehan Çavdar
Someone opened a PR on my Cython project. Closed it because the cloud environment didn't have gcc. That sent me down a rabbit hole: zig as a Python dependency, flag filtering, and compiler flags I never wanted to know about.
010
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 07/03/2026
Upcoming Zig Days! Seattle: March 21 Naples: March 28 (Andrew will be there!) Stockholm: April 11 Nuremberg: April 11 More info on zig.day!
zig.day
Zig Day
090
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 06/03/2026
The vibecoding will continue until uptime improves. -- Manager @ Microslop GitHub
230
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 03/03/2026
The first ever Zig Day Napoli is scheduled for March 28! Both Andrew and I will be there, join us for some good Zig... ...and some good food as well! zig.day/europe/naples/0
zig.day
Zig Day
https://zig.day/europe/naples/0/
051
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 17/02/2026
Straight up good ideas. tigerbeetle.com/blog/2026-02-16-ind…
tigerbeetle.com
Index, Count, Offset, Size
https://tigerbeetle.com/blog/2026-02-16-index-count-offset-size/
020
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 28/01/2026
Feb 7th I'll be at Zig Day Nuremberg! Come meet other Zig enthusiasts and make software you can love! zig.day/europe/nurem...
zig.day
Zig Day Nürnberg #1
Zig Days are single-day collaborative programming events
160
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 20/01/2026
Live to work on Awebo, a self-hostable discord replacement written in Zig twitch.tv/kristoff_it youtube.com/live/9gwZ_NUeg-E?featur…
twitch.tv
Twitch
Awebo - OSS Discord alternative in Zig⚡ https://zine-ssg.io
191
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 01/01/2026
> new Zig project with fancy homepage, cool! > whole project is one single AI generated commit, uhmm... > no build.zig, only BUILD.bazel, 💀
150
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 20/12/2025
Simplistic Comptime Column Safety in SQLite Queries kristoff.it/blog/simplistic-comptim…
kristoff.it
Simplistic Comptime Column Safety in SQLite Queries | Loris Cro's Blog
https://kristoff.it/blog/simplistic-comptime-sqlite/
050
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 17/12/2025
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 www.atlassian.com/blog/bitbucket/an…
atlassian.com
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...
030
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 16/12/2025
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...
resources.github.com
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.
1101
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 04/12/2025
Reminder that asynchrony is not concurrency. lobste.rs/s/uzfrya/zig_s_new_plan_f…
lobste.rs
Zig's new plan for asynchronous programs | Lobsters
21 comments
050
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 01/12/2025
If you're planning on doing Advent Of Code in Zig this year, my blog post on how to get started still fully applies. kristoff.it/blog/advent-of-code-zig
kristoff.it
Advent of Code in Zig | Loris Cro's Blog
https://kristoff.it/blog/advent-of-code-zig/
020
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 21/11/2025
Builtin matrix type proposal was just accepted :^) github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4960
github.com
Builtin Matrix type · Issue #4960 · ziglang/zig · GitHub
LLVM 10 introduced nice Matrix intrinsics. Possible syntax: @Matrix(rows, cols, type) Related issue: #903
1111
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 19/11/2025
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
Zig Day Nürnberg #0
Zig Days are single-day collaborative programming events
010
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 15/10/2025
The first ever Zig Day San Francisco has been scheduled! zig.day/usa/san-francisco/0
zig.day
Zig Day
https://zig.day/usa/san-francisco/0/
040
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 09/10/2025
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.
050
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 04/10/2025
mitchellh.com/writing/zig-builds-ge…
mitchellh.com
Zig Builds Are Getting Faster – Mitchell Hashimoto
https://mitchellh.com/writing/zig-builds-getting-faster
082
Reposted by Loris Cro ⚡
Brian Cardarella @bcardarella.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Boston Zig is now up to 8 members! guild.host/boston-zig #ZigLang
guild.host
Boston Zig | Guild
The Boston community for the Zig programming language. We'll aim to host events quarterly and periodic socials.
0163
Reposted by Loris Cro ⚡
Marco Bacis @marcobacis.dev · 23/09/2025
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!
marcobacis.dev
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...
152
Loris Cro ⚡ @kristoff.it · 16/09/2025
Zig Day San Francisco is up and running! zig.day/usa/san-francisco
zig.day
Zig Day
https://zig.day/usa/san-francisco/
041
Reposted by Loris Cro ⚡
Brian Cardarella @bcardarella.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I started a Boston @ziglang.bsky.social meetup! www.meetup.com/boston-zig #ZigLang
meetup.com
Boston Zig | Meetup
All things for the Zig programming language in the Boston area.
1142