https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/zig/ Recent content in Zig on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-09-02-zig-vs-rust-vs-go-systems-programming-guide/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-09-02-zig-vs-rust-vs-go-systems-programming-guide/ <p>Three languages now dominate the &ldquo;write fast, safe, portable software&rdquo; conversation: <strong>Go</strong>, <strong>Rust</strong>, and <strong>Zig</strong>. Go is the boring, productive workhorse that runs half the cloud. Rust is the memory-safe juggernaut rewriting infrastructure from browsers to kernels. Zig is the young disruptor that rejects hidden control flow, ships cross-compilation out of the box, and is quietly powering projects like Bun and TigerBeetle. Picking between them in 2026 is not a religious war — it is an engineering decision with concrete trade-offs around compile times, memory control, ecosystem maturity and team hiring. This guide gives you the data, the code and the decision rules.</p>