Zig Days: Collaborative Full-Day Programming Events for the Zig Community
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May 28, 2026 • 4 min read • by Loris Cro
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Summary
Zig Days are full-day collaborative programming events organized by the Zig community, typically held on Saturdays. Participants meet in the morning, introduce themselves and their hobby/learning projects, then form small groups or work independently. Some events end with demos of what was worked on. The format aims to foster a community that enjoys applying systems thinking to software development.
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· 4 pulledPeople meet in the morning, introduce themselves, and mention what hobby/learning project they want to work on.
Everybody is then free to form small groups or to work alone.
At the end of the day, some Zig Days let participants demo what they worked on.
This is the flagship meetup format of the Zig community, and its main goal is to foster a community that enjoys and cares about applying systems thinking to create software.
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