Why is Zig so cool? (News)

What up, nerds? Sheboy. I'm Jared, and this is Change Log News for the week of Monday, 11/17/2025. As a long time fan of all things Legend of Zelda, I am both excited and terrified of the upcoming live action movie. Today, Nintendo released the first official pictures of Link and Zelda. My first impression, not bad. But is that Hyrule or Middle Earth? Okay. Let's get into this week's news. Why is Zig so cool? Nilostolte begins this article all about Zig's cool parts with some seriously high praise. Quote, I can't think of any other language in my forty five years long career that surprised me more than Zig. I can easily say that Zig is not only a new programming language, but it's a totally new way to write programs, in my opinion. To say it's merely a language to replace c or c plus plus, it's a huge understatement, end quote. Nilo enumerates the features that he found most alluring in the language, but he sticks to the simplest ones to keep the article approachable. For him, it all starts with a compiler. Quote, probably the most incredible virtue of Zig compiler is its ability to compile c code. This associated with the ability to cross compile code to be run-in another architecture different than the machine where it was originally compiled is already something quite different and unique, end quote. He goes on to give a bird's eye view of the Zig language, shows how to build programs and test modules, then provides a deeper view on how low level programming can be done in Zig. A must read for the Zig curious. How to be creative without taking drugs. George Mack, who has done a lot to reify my thoughts around agency, takes on creativity in his classically distilled form. Quote, the mistake people make is treating creativity like productivity. They try to work harder and expect creativity to appear. Instead, sprinkle in new inputs and watch new outputs appear, end quote. What follows are 12 easily acted upon inputs to help increase your creativity. I'll share just one with you to wet your creative appetite. Number five, increase time in the bathroom. Aaron Sorkin, the writer behind A Few Good Men and The West Wing takes six to eight hot showers per day when he's riding. Another hack is to be slightly over hydrated. You may only have shower thoughts once per day, but you can increase your bathroom thoughts by drinking more water. What if you don't need MCP at all? Devs have been experimenting with MCP servers long enough now to start forming opinions and conclusions about them. Mario Zechner shares his findings. Quote, after months of agentic coding frenzy, Twitter is still ablaze with discussions about MCP servers. I previously did some very light benchmarking to see if bash tools or MCP servers are better suited for a specific task. The TLDR, both can be efficient if you take care, …