people · May 15, 2026
Turso CTO Considers Rewriting Core in Zig for Better Memory Allocation Control
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Turso engineer v discussed rewriting parts of Turso in Zig on May 15, 2026, to improve memory allocation handling. Current Rust implementation uses a global allocator, requiring extensive boilerplate to switch to custom allocators like arenas. Zig allows passing allocators to collections and handling allocation errors gracefully, avoiding panics that could crash database processes. The post received 209 likes and 12 reposts on May 15, 2026.
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