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The oxide way. That was my way in college when I had all the free time in the world. I thought it was very cool to compile everything. I even loaded up, is it Gen 2 or Gen 2? I don't know. I call it Gen 2, where everything was built from source, at least back in the early aughts. Maybe they have packages now. and you just built everything. I just felt very much like a hacker doing that.

The oxide way. That was my way in college when I had all the free time in the world. I thought it was very cool to compile everything. I even loaded up, is it Gen 2 or Gen 2? I don't know. I call it Gen 2, where everything was built from source, at least back in the early aughts. Maybe they have packages now. and you just built everything. I just felt very much like a hacker doing that.

But then over time I realized all I was doing was the same three commands, like autoconf, make, make, install, or whatever. Other people could do that for me and then distribute to me the end result, and that would save a lot of time and headache. So I stopped doing that. But there's something to that, especially if you are interested in what's new.

But then over time I realized all I was doing was the same three commands, like autoconf, make, make, install, or whatever. Other people could do that for me and then distribute to me the end result, and that would save a lot of time and headache. So I stopped doing that. But there's something to that, especially if you are interested in what's new.

and like to live on the edge of things because you can actually, like you said, not wait for the official release, but get your bug fix now.

and like to live on the edge of things because you can actually, like you said, not wait for the official release, but get your bug fix now.

So you brought up Zig. I'm thinking about programming languages because I was reading on the Golang subreddit. Oh no, I'm scared where this is going. Oh no. In response to something that Mitchell Hashimoto said either on our show or another show where he was talking about Zig and Rust and Go and C. And his overall point was like, this is my preference for this project.

So you brought up Zig. I'm thinking about programming languages because I was reading on the Golang subreddit. Oh no, I'm scared where this is going. Oh no. In response to something that Mitchell Hashimoto said either on our show or another show where he was talking about Zig and Rust and Go and C. And his overall point was like, this is my preference for this project.

Like he was very much just like, these are all great things. I, I chose Zig for ghosty. I like Zig and he wasn't very, uh, I was gonna say flamboyant, but that's not the word flambation. I don't know. He wasn't in trying to fuel any flames. Uh, he's being very level-headed and non-controversial.

Like he was very much just like, these are all great things. I, I chose Zig for ghosty. I like Zig and he wasn't very, uh, I was gonna say flamboyant, but that's not the word flambation. I don't know. He wasn't in trying to fuel any flames. Uh, he's being very level-headed and non-controversial.

Of course, that doesn't mean there isn't going to be controversy around what he said anyways, because language wars, you know, they're a thing on the internet. I believe the word you were looking for is inflammatory. Yeah, inflammatory, thank you. All I could think of was flamboyant, and that paints an entirely different picture.

Of course, that doesn't mean there isn't going to be controversy around what he said anyways, because language wars, you know, they're a thing on the internet. I believe the word you were looking for is inflammatory. Yeah, inflammatory, thank you. All I could think of was flamboyant, and that paints an entirely different picture.

Okay, so he said what he said, and then there was a conversation that kind of keyed off on that. on the Golang subreddit, which was basically kind of like, okay, it's 2025, Go, Rust, et cetera, system languages.

Okay, so he said what he said, and then there was a conversation that kind of keyed off on that. on the Golang subreddit, which was basically kind of like, okay, it's 2025, Go, Rust, et cetera, system languages.

And there was a person named Catastrophysics, which is a nice portmanteau, I think, Catastrophysics, who said, in my humble opinion, with a lot of new offerings in terms of low-level languages, Go feels a lot less compelling as a pick in 2025. I still love writing Golang, but compared with a few years ago, where it was almost the only sane choice out there for some domains.

And there was a person named Catastrophysics, which is a nice portmanteau, I think, Catastrophysics, who said, in my humble opinion, with a lot of new offerings in terms of low-level languages, Go feels a lot less compelling as a pick in 2025. I still love writing Golang, but compared with a few years ago, where it was almost the only sane choice out there for some domains.

The landscape has changed a lot. And then the molex or the malex replied and said, I do also agree. Having tested Zig, Rust, and Odin, Go still is great and feels nice, arguably even better than what it used to be. But nowadays, I could see some cases in which those other languages could also be viable. or even superior, which was not the case a few years back.

The landscape has changed a lot. And then the molex or the malex replied and said, I do also agree. Having tested Zig, Rust, and Odin, Go still is great and feels nice, arguably even better than what it used to be. But nowadays, I could see some cases in which those other languages could also be viable. or even superior, which was not the case a few years back.

There was, of course, hundreds of other comments, but I thought those were interesting in their agreement. And neither of those either are being flamboyant or inflammatory. They're just their opinions on 2025. As gophers, of course, your new podcast, Fall Through, has kind of broadened, I think, your opportunities there.

There was, of course, hundreds of other comments, but I thought those were interesting in their agreement. And neither of those either are being flamboyant or inflammatory. They're just their opinions on 2025. As gophers, of course, your new podcast, Fall Through, has kind of broadened, I think, your opportunities there.