Andrew Kelley rewires Zig build: new configurer-maker split aims for 90% faster runs

The Zig creator says a reworked build pipeline that caches config and runs an optimized maker process is on main and slated for 0.17.0.

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Build systems are where developers feel latency every day. By separating configuration from execution and caching the optimized executor, Zig cuts iteration time and opens the door to richer build features without penalizing startup.

Illustration of Zig's build pipeline rewired by Andrew Kelley, showing a split between a cached configurer and an optimized maker to enable much faster runs.

Andrew Kelley, creator of Zig and founder of the Zig Software Foundation, says a major build-system rework has landed on main, splitting zig build into a small debug-compiled "configurer" and a release-optimized "maker" for faster execution, in a devlog post.…

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