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Why Zig?

Thu, 11/21/2024 - 6:55pm

I'm primarily a C dev (with x86_64 assembly experience and a little Rust), and I simply don't get what the major benefit of Zig is. From what I hear, it's meant to be simple and have no macros, but rather "calling functions at compile time". I also hear that it's primarily a C alternative. To me though, I simply don't understand how a language being simpler makes it better - if anything, it means it has less functionality! Besides, C is already such a simple language in terms of how close it is to Assembly and how readable it is, so what's the actual benefit? Macros are quite useful IMO, so having a lack of macros doesn't seem like a selling point to me. I would appreciate some clarity on this because this just doesn't really make sense to me.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42209907

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Hs2 Tunnel Tracker

Thu, 11/21/2024 - 6:53pm

Article URL: https://tunneltracker.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42209893

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Showcase an image of your current projects directory

Thu, 11/21/2024 - 6:47pm

Article URL: https://imgdrop.io/image/gcNTQ

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42209858

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Show HN: Receipt-AI – Manage Receipts with AI and SMS for Busy Traveling Teams

Thu, 11/21/2024 - 6:47pm

Hi community, we’ve recently made a major update to our website and would love your feedback. Does it look and feel right to you? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for your support!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42209856

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Ask HN: Take a small seed round, or remain bootstrapped?

Thu, 11/21/2024 - 6:43pm

My co-founder and I have been bootstrapping two products since the start of the year.

1 of them is in market, got early traction and growing slowly organically but, given a lot more time and effort, could be a decent sized business.

The second is a earlier, but again, could be a decent sized business.

We've chosen to bootstrap because we like the idea of the:

- Flexibility to shift to new projects/opportunities

- Building a cash-generating business (vs. waiting for a future exit)

- Working to our timelines/goals, instead of those of an investor

We have a potential opportunity to raise about $350k, for 10% from very founder-friendly fund.

We don't _need_ the cash, but it may help accelerate things.

Intuitively taking the cash injection feels like a no-brainer, but part of me never expects to exit this business because we hope to just live off the cash it generates.

Has anybody been in a similar situation? Any war stories or advice?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42209827

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Castle Doctrine

Thu, 11/21/2024 - 6:34pm
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