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Karl Seguin

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Karl Seguin writes about programming, especially Zig, with articles on Elixir, Go, testing, design, and performance.

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  • ArenaAllocators don't play nicely with ArrayLists #Programming #Zig #DataStructures

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    Aug 4, 2026

  • std.Io.Writer.Allocating ate all my memory #Programming #Zig #Performance

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    Jul 30, 2026

  • On AI #AI #Programming #Tech

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    May 22, 2026

  • Is Zig's New Writer Unsafe? #Zig #Programming #SoftwareEngineering

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    Sep 20, 2025

  • Everything is a []u8 #Programming #Zig #Data

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    Sep 7, 2025

  • I'm too dumb for Zig's new IO interface #Zig #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment

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    Aug 22, 2025

  • Zig's new Writer #Zig #Programming #OpenSource

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    Jul 17, 2025

  • Zig's new LinkedList API (it's time to learn @fieldParentPtr) #Zig #Programming #LinkedList

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    Apr 10, 2025

  • Allocator.resize #Programming #Zig #SoftwareEngineering

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    Mar 27, 2025

  • ArenaAllocator.free and Nested Arenas #Programming #Zig #SoftwareEngineering

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    Mar 15, 2025

  • Zig's dot star syntax (value.*) #Zig #Programming #Syntax

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    Mar 7, 2025

  • GetOrPut With String Keys #Programming #Zig #SoftwareDevelopment

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    Feb 27, 2025

  • Comparing Strings as Integers with @bitCast #Programming #Zig #Performance

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    Feb 20, 2025

  • Switching on Strings in Zig #Zig #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment

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    Feb 13, 2025

  • Using Generics to Inject Stubs when Testing #Programming #Testing #Generics

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    Feb 7, 2025

  • In Zig, What's a Writer? #Zig #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment

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    Jan 28, 2025

  • Using SIMD to Tell if the High Bit is Set #Programming #SIMD #Performance

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    Jan 21, 2025

  • Peeking Behind Zig Interfaces by Creating a Dummy std.Random Implementation #Zig #Programming #Testing

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    Jan 15, 2025

  • Comptime as Configuration #Programming #Zig #Comptime

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    Jan 10, 2025

  • Zig's @bitCast #Zig #Programming #OpenSource

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    Jan 3, 2025