Andrew Kelley

Andrew Kelley

Zig Creator

Zig

Biography

Andrew Kelley created Zig, a systems programming language focused on making programming safe and productive.

Daily Work

  • Leading Zig development
  • Working on the Zig Foundation
  • Improving compilation
  • Speaking about systems programming

Challenges

“Zig is about doing things right without the complexity of C++. Simple is not the same as easy.”

Impact

Zig is gaining adoption and influences how we think about systems programming language design.