Just testing things.
Nothing crazy here. I put little experiments and tests I do here so I can reference them later if I need to.
Note
Check shell.nix to see the software and dependencies that are used
in these examples. If you use Nix just do nix-shell shell.nix.
Every test has it's own Makefile so please check that before you try
running it.
Important
Some of the examples are specific to certain operating systems and they will not work everywhere. Take this into account. This code is also written in the most explicit way and lacks massively when it comes to checking of errors etc.
| Compiler | What does it do? | |
|---|---|---|
| c-asm | clang-17 | Calls a function written in ASM from C code. |
| c-embed | clang-17 | Embedding external resources in compiled binary. |
| c-signals | clang-17 | Uses SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2 as IPC mechanism. |
| c-structs | clang-17 | Saves and reads structs in/from binary files. |
| c-httpd | clang-17 | Simple HTTP server with route handling primer in C. |
| zig-c-interop | zig-0.11.0 | Uses functions written in C from Zig code. |
| zig-ppm | zig-0.11.0 | Creates an image with random pixels in PPM image format. |
| zig-struct-json | zig-0.11.0 | Serialization of a struct into JSON and then reading it back. |
| zig-telnet | zig-0.11.0 | Connects to Redis server like it is a basic telnet server. |
| zig-x11 | zig-0.11.0 | Uses X11 to create a basic window without any bindings needed. |
| zig-http | zig-0.11.0 | Basic example of a HTTP 1.1 server without any routing etc. |
| zig-x11-box | zig-0.11.0 | Move a box around with arrow keys with Xlib and Zig. |
| zig-kv-store | zig-0.11.0 | Simple Key-value store that mimics memcached written in Zig. |
| zig-wad | zig-0.11.0 | Reads doom.wad and extracts the identification header. |
| zig-os-props | zig-0.11.0 | Detects properties of the target operating system. |
| zig-tlv-encoding | zig-0.13.0 | Naive implementation of TLV encoding in Zig. |
| zig-embed | zig-0.13.0 | Embedding external resources in compiled binary. |
| zig-struct-bin | zig-0.13.0 | Save a struct into binary file and then reading it back. |
| zig-elf | zig-0.14.0 | Read execution header of Elf64 format in Zig. |
| c-bluetooth | clang-17 | Scans for all Bluetooth devices. |
| d-x11 | dmd-2.110 | Uses X11 to create a basic window without any bindings needed. |
| d-bmp-header | dmd-2.110 | Reads BMP image header and prints the information out. |
| c-luajit | clang-19 | Testing execution speed of Lua vs Luajit vs embedded Luajit. |
| c-embedding-data | clang-19 | Embedding game assets to executable binary (with raylib). |
| c-sqlite-embed-db | clang-17 | Embeds SQLite and SQLite database into executable. |
| c-embed-lua | clang-17 | Embeds Lua interpreter and Lua script into executable. |
| odin-rl-window | dev-2025-07 | Simple Raylib window with Odin. |
probe was written by Mitja Felicijan and is released under the BSD zero-clause license, see the LICENSE file for more information.