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Are you referring to the Zig compiler switching to become self hosted [1], or the Zig website switching to becoming self hosted [2]? (I assume the latter.) [1]
by winter_blue 2y ago
Are you referring to the Zig compiler switching to become self hosted [1], or the Zig website switching to becoming self hosted [2]? (I assume the latter.)
[1] https://kristoff.it/blog/zig-self-hosted-now-what/ https://kristoff.it/blog/zig-self-hosted-now-what/
[2] https://ziglang.org/news/migrate-to-self-hosting/ https://ziglang.org/news/migrate-to-self-hosting/
- Onavo 2y agoThey better sign their packages and check for signatures upon download and installation. At their scale, foregoing S3 means they have to figure out how to deal with bit rot in packages themselves.
- _lvbh 2y agoThey're self hosting docs and Zig releases. There is no central package repository. The decentralization (similar to Golang) is one of the things I like about Zig.
- arunaugustine 2y agoProbably referring to Zig migrating away from AWS to become more cost efficient [1]. This was also mentioned in the announcement regarding this donation from the Zig Software Foundation [2] [1]: https://ziglang.org/news/migrate-to-self-hosting/ https://ziglang.org/news/migrate-to-self-hosting/ [2]: https://ziglang.org/news/300k-from-mitchellh/ https://ziglang.org/news/300k-from-mitchellh/