Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderOk, is it just me or is Andrew Kelley a one-person, prodigy coding machine? I’ve been following Zig’s development for a few years now and the technical wizardry he’s gone through to develop a powerful, innovative language that is self hosted, challenges all the new systems languages out there, compiles C and supports magical cross compilation is just mind blowing to me. Thanks Andrew for pushing the boundaries and rethinking what can be possible with modern tooling. I highly recommend…
The more I see of the Zig language, the more I grow to appreciate its beautiful design! Such a perfect blend (IMO; obviously personal preference will vary) of modern language features that encourage inherent reliability and safety of code, with low-level systems programming -- all without the language becoming too complicated or difficult to code productively in. I'm really looking forward to tinkering around in Zig, for my next hobby project(s). P.S. In fact, I'm going to 'put my money…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 279
- Total comments
- 52
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-04 | Using Zig to Provide Stack Traces on Kernel Panic for a Bare Bones OSFirst breakout | andxor | 136 | 42 |
| 2020-06-27 | Using Zig to provide stack traces on kernel panic on bare metal (2018)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | brianush1 | 141 | 10 |
| 2024-04-19 | Using Zig to Provide Stack Traces on Kernel Panic for an Operating System | liamswayne | 2 | 0 |
