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Don't Take the Black Pill (Text Adaptation)
https://andrewkelley.me/post/dont-take-black-pill.html
Published: July 31, 2026 17:59
Don't Take the Black Pill (Text Adaptation) This is a blog post version of the talk I delivered at Software Should Work 2026. Shoutouts to Isaac Van Doren for running such a delightful conference and nailing it first try, and for infecting us all with his…
My Thoughts on the Bun Rust Rewrite
https://andrewkelley.me/post/my-thoughts-bun-rust-rewrite.html
Published: July 9, 2026 04:56
My Thoughts on the Bun Rust Rewrite Context: Rewriting Bun in Rust History When Jarred joined the Zig community about 5 years ago, I described him as someone who had strong "beginner energy". That is, he moved fast and tried a lot of different stuff,…
Zig's New Async I/O (Text Version)
https://andrewkelley.me/post/zig-new-async-io-text-version.html
Published: October 29, 2025 18:44
Zig's New Async I/O (Text Version) In celebration of the std.Io introduction patchset landing today, here is the text version of a short, interactive demo I gave at Zigtoberfest 2025. This is a preview of the new async I/O primitives that will be…
An Open Letter to Everyone I've Butted Heads With
https://andrewkelley.me/post/open-letter-everyone-butted-heads.html
Published: August 29, 2025 05:52
An Open Letter to Everyone I've Butted Heads With Note: This blog post is not a reaction to recent events or some kind of apology. Nothing happened; this is just me doing self-reflection. Zig turned 10 years old, and I've been thinking a lot about the…
Renting is for Suckers
https://andrewkelley.me/post/renting-is-for-suckers.html
Published: July 24, 2025 19:04
Renting is for Suckers A genie offers you a choice: 50% chance to gain 10 million USD 100% chance to gain 1 million USD Which do you pick? Your answer, of course, depends on how much capital you have. If you are struggling to pay rent, then taking…
OpenZFS Bug Ported to Zig
https://andrewkelley.me/post/openzfs-bug-ported-zig.html
Published: July 14, 2025 18:31
OpenZFS Bug Ported to Zig Someone on IRC shared this link with me: An (almost) catastrophic OpenZFS bug and the humans that made it (and Rust is here too) They wanted to know, would Zig catch this? I went through the trouble of porting the code snippet to…
Zig's New CLI Progress Bar Explained
https://andrewkelley.me/post/zig-new-cli-progress-bar-explained.html
Published: May 30, 2024 03:27
Zig's New CLI Progress Bar Explained Sometimes, programming projects are too easy and boring. Sometimes, they're too hard, never ending or producing subpar results. This past week I had the pleasure of completing a project that felt like maximum…
Redis Renamed to Redict
https://andrewkelley.me/post/redis-renamed-to-redict.html
Published: March 22, 2024 20:32
Redis Renamed to Redict Redict was originally created by Salvatore Sanfilippo under the name "Redis". Around 2018 he started losing interest in the project to pursue a science fiction career and gave stewardship of the project to Redis Labs. I think that…
Why We Can't Have Nice Software
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Published: February 4, 2024 23:11
Why We Can't Have Nice Software The problem with software is that it's too powerful. It creates so much wealth so fast that it's virtually impossible to not distribute it. Think about it: sure, it takes a while to make useful software. But then you make…