Why is Zig so cool? (News)

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Nilo Stolte explains why Zig is “a totally new way to write programs”, George Mack gives twelve actionable ways to be more creative, Mario Zechner shares his findings on using MCP vs Bash tools, Josh Collinsworth compares creating AI art to medieval alchemy, LibrePods unlocks AirPods features for Android, and our first ever Changelog News Classifieds.

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1. What up, live-action nerds? (00:00:00)

https://www.vooks.net/first-photos-of-link-and-zelda-in-the-legend-of-zelda-live-action-movie-released/?utm_source=changelog-news

2. Why is Zig so cool? (00:00:35)

https://nilostolte.github.io/tech/articles/ZigCool.html?utm_source=changelog-news

3. How to be creative (without taking drugs) (00:01:45)

https://essays.highagency.com/p/how-to-be-creative-without-taking?utm_source=changelog-news

4. What if you don't need MCP at all? (00:02:39)

https://mariozechner.at/posts/2025-11-02-what-if-you-dont-need-mcp/?utm_source=changelog-news

5. Sponsor: Depot (00:03:44)

https://depot.dev/blog/buildkit-in-depth?utm_source=changelog-news

6. On alchemy and AI art (00:04:53)

https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/alchemy?utm_source=changelog-news

7. AirPods liberated from Apple's ecosystem (00:06:36)

https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods?utm_source=changelog-news

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9. That's the news for now (00:08:01)

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