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Zig 2026: No-AI Policy, $670K Foundation, Left GitHub & Why Zig Isn’t 1.0 - Andrew Kelley Explains

JetBrains · 982.1K views · 2026-05-27 · 1:13:11

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JetBrains interviews Zig creator Andrew Kelley about why Zig has no 1.0 after a decade, why the project left GitHub, and why it bans AI contributions. He also covers what makes Zig better than C and his views on open source.

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HN commenters point to it as a convincing primary-source interview showing Zig's cohesive design vision and the creator's level-headed reasoning.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2026–2026

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nilsherzig · 2026-06 · Strong recommendation

If you're unsure about spending the time to learn Zig, I really recommend watching the following interview with the creator of Zig [VIDEO] convinced me more than any design doc or blogpost could

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randusername · 2026-07 · Recommendation

TFA has an odd perspective. > Views are my own. I have no history with Zig. I’ve never spoken to Andrew Kelley There are better primary sources to explain what ZSF is trying to achieve with its AI stance. Kelley's rant [0] was a bit much but the ZSF AI Policy [1] and Kelley's interview on it [2] are interesting and informative. [0]: [LINK] [1]: [LINK] [2]: [VIDEO]

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norman784 · 2026-06 · Recommendation

I recommend you to watch Andrew Kelly interview[0], while I'm not the target audience of Zig, I don't see him driving away any user. Also Jai as for now is a non existing language, just a selected few has access to it, but Jai approach is a kitchen sink, from what I saw it is all over the place in terms of features, now Zig vision feels cohesive. [0] [VIDEO]

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