# What's everybody working on? (October edition)

**URL:** <https://ziggit.dev/t/whats-everybody-working-on-october-edition/17770>\
**Category:** Showcase\
**Tags:** community, wewo\
**Created:** [October 1, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/whats-everybody-working-on-october-edition/17770 "2026-10-01T16:40:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![sohro\_desu](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/sohro_desu/32/4267_2.png) [@sohro\_desu](https://ziggit.dev/u/sohro_desu)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/whats-everybody-working-on-october-edition/17770/72 "2026-10-23T11:48:07Z")

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I’m finally relatively free to continue working on this: [What's everybody working on? (July Edition) - #66 by sohro\_desu](https://ziggit.dev/t/whats-everybody-working-on-july-edition/16456/66)

I couldn’t participate in August and September topics because I got drowned in work for almost 3 months. I only had time for work and very little bit for sketching.

I got back to coding on September 22 and it took a month to port my app to native Android. Today I’ll be showing the results in this video (also an ASMR lol)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/btYGvWxyUNE/maxresdefault.jpg "arteest demo 01") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btYGvWxyUNE)

Not much to show, but I learned or at least tried to learn many things. Here, my `build.zig` creates an APK (177 kb in `-Doptimize=small`) and installs it, then launches it in split screen with Shizuku/Rish shell. I had a great time learning to do this all. Man, Zig Build is powerful and it’s very accessible that even I can read and tweak.

But some things/ideas/concepts (shamefully, admittedly, most basic things) still won’t stick or I can’t wrap my head around it, but I try to practice them outside the project with some books.

The 1 month development happened exclusively inside my tablet (S11 Ultra) in realm of termux + wireless keyboard. I took it to cafes and stuff, real comfy.

Still 100% Zig (no java/kotlin crap, no C glues) and no dependencies beside system deps. That’s why I need to implement shit ton of features myself and I’m willing to.

For example, these needs to be implemented:  
— proper declarative UI API with hit tests  
— focal zoom (as opposed to fixed zoom)  
— tiling render and render reuse (currently bluntly rendering ~4 million pixels per frame if fullscreen)

The first one can unblock instant UI construction of any type, kinda. For example, I can build layers UI in just 2-3 hours (with actual hide/delete/add layer functions).

It’s all software rendering. I want to optimize the shit out of it so it runs on even 50$ crap phones, then add Vulkan hardware acceleration. I’d be learning rasterizing myself if I do SW first and I think that’s important.

That’s all for now!

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I also noticed that my Telegram channel (where I post some devlogs and mostly sketches) was hidden outside of the app because of a toggle. I undid it and now anyone should be able to browse it without an account: [Telegram: View @sono\_rakugaki](https://t.me/sono_rakugaki) (with the sneaky `Preview channel` url)

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