Both things can be true. This most recent hype cycle seems to be riding the wave from the related hype of Ghostty's public release and Bun's latest release. And

Both things can be true. This most recent hype cycle seems to be riding the wave from the related hype of Ghostty's public release and Bun's latest release. And recently, another project with decent name recognition by some announced intentions to rewrite in Zig. Other than the latter event which is merely an announcement as of now, this language is showing up in projects that people are paying attention to. That only brings more attention and to a degree, a certain amount of credibility, especially when the lead developer for Ghostty has a well-earned and positive reputation among the engineering community.