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Isaac Yonemoto
Creator of the Zigler library and CEO of Videla Labs. Explores bringing Zig's performance and safety to Elixir through Native Implemented Functions (NIFs).
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May 29, 2025
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Zigler: Zig NIFs for Elixir with Isaac Yonemoto
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Isaac Yonemoto, creator of the Zigler library and CEO of Videla Labs, discusses his venture into combining Zig's performance with Elixir's capabilities using Native Implemented Functions (NIFs). He explains Zigler's auto-generated Elixir-to-Zig bridge and its three execution modes: normal, dirty, and threaded. Isaac shares insights on his biotech startup that leverages Elixir for bioinformatics and highlights the benefits of Zig in hardware acceleration for large language models. He also touches on the importance of fault tolerance in low-level coding practices.
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