[nextaccountic]

> TLDR; The Zig compiler takes about 1 minute and 30 seconds to compile debug builds of Bun. Zig's language server doesn't do basic things like type-checking, so often have to run the compiler to see if my code works.

90 seconds to less than 1 second. That's astonishing

[brabel]

It’s not so astonishing when you mention that incremental compilation has been only recently added to Zig and is still experimental. This astonishing change, if I understand it correctly, is achieved simply by migrating to the latest version of Zig and enabling this experimental feature.

[jazzzooo]

I expect it to drop to 300ms once it no longer relies on Mold for linking. Zig's experimental linker can just modify the binary in place.