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Open-source Zig book

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Re: Open-source Zig book

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Post by serial_dev »

It was very hard to find a link to the table of contents… then I tried opening it and the link didn’t work. I’m on iOS. I’d have loved to take a look quickly what’s in the book…

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Post by cultofmetatron »

gigatexal wrote: post #8

there's no way someone made this for free, where do I donate? im gonna get so much value from this this feels like stealing

SAME. I was looking for a donation button myself! I've paid for worse quality instructional material. this is just the sort of thing I'm happy to support

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Post by curtisblaine »

gooodvibes wrote: post #10

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"nobody uses in the real world yet" is uncharitable, as Zig is used in many real-world projects (Bun and Tigerbeetle are written in Zig, for example). But there's value being at the forefront of technologies that you think are going to explode soon, so that's how people find time and energy, I guess.

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Post by gamegoblin »

jasonjmcghee wrote: post #2

So despite this... > The Zigbook intentionally contains no AI-generated content—it is hand-written, carefully curated, and continuously updated to reflect the latest language features and best practices. I just don't buy it. I'm 99% sure this is written by an LLM. Can the author... Convince me otherwise? > This journey begins with simplicity—the kind you encounter on the first day. By the end, you will discover a dif…

Pangram[1] flags the introduction as totally AI-written, which I also suspected for the same reasons you did

[1] one of the only AI detectors that actually works, 99.9% accuracy, 0.1% false positive

Re: Open-source Zig book

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Post by testdelacc1 »

gooodvibes wrote: post #10

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Even if what you say is true, people make bets on new tech all the time. You show up early so you can capture mindshare. If Zig becomes mainstream then this could be the standard book that everyone recommends. Not just that, it’s more likely the language succeeds if it has good learning materials - that’s an outcome the author would love.
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