Rewriting Zig to JavaScript made it faster: 'language doesn't matter, rewriting does'
dejavucoder · x · 2026-09-27
A Stripe engineer revealed that rewriting an internal tool from Zig to JavaScript made it both faster and more reliable, jokingly concluding that the language doesn't matter — rewriting does, and you should rewrite everything all the time. Another engineer added that hindsight bias means rewrites almost always win: the second version absorbs all the lessons of the first. A fun take on the eternal 'rewrite vs. maintain' engineering debate.
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