# Zig Day Portland #5: Saturday, November 7th **URL:** \ **Category:** Meet\ **Created:** [February 7, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236 "2026-02-07T23:18:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/tristanpemble/32/3212_2.png) [@tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/u/tristanpemble)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/1 "2026-02-07T23:18:01Z")
We just announced the next Zig Day in Portland, Oregon; it’ll be on Sunday, October 11th at the McMenamin’s on Broadway near the Lloyd Center. Come join us! > **[Zig Day Portland, OR #4](https://zig.day/usa/portland/4/)** > > Zig Days are single-day collaborative programming events ---
**Author:** ![zmitchell](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/zmitchell/32/5377_2.png) [@zmitchell](https://ziggit.dev/u/zmitchell)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 6:14am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/2 "2026-02-08T06:14:20Z")
I’m in town looking at apartments this weekend, but I’ll be moving here in April so hopefully I can catch the next one! ---
**Author:** ![tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/tristanpemble/32/3212_2.png) [@tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/u/tristanpemble)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/3 "2026-02-27T18:36:07Z")
We’re meeting tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![andrewrk](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/andrewrk/32/7011_2.png) [@andrewrk](https://ziggit.dev/u/andrewrk)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/4 "2026-02-27T19:16:59Z")
See you there! ---
**Author:** ![jmctagger](https://ziggit.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@jmctagger](https://ziggit.dev/u/jmctagger)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/5 "2026-02-27T22:08:08Z")
Dang. Wish I lived slightly closer. I’ll have to travel-plan next time it’s in Portland. Looks like a good turnout. Hope y’all have fun. ---
**Author:** ![zmitchell](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/zmitchell/32/5377_2.png) [@zmitchell](https://ziggit.dev/u/zmitchell)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/6 "2026-04-08T16:00:58Z")
I’m in town now! Looking forward to meeting you all. I just got a membership at Kiln (coworking space). They sounded amenable to hosting meetups in the future, but I didn’t give them any specifics. ---
**Author:** ![tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/tristanpemble/32/3212_2.png) [@tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/u/tristanpemble)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/7 "2026-04-08T18:09:23Z")
Awesome, see you there! ---
**Author:** ![zmitchell](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/zmitchell/32/5377_2.png) [@zmitchell](https://ziggit.dev/u/zmitchell)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/8 "2026-05-09T17:28:09Z")
Would it be helpful to bring an extra power strip or two? I live within walking distance but I’ve never been here before. ---
**Author:** ![tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/tristanpemble/32/3212_2.png) [@tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/u/tristanpemble)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/9 "2026-05-09T17:46:29Z")
Wouldn’t hurt! Only two outlets. I’m bringing a couple ---
**Author:** ![tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/tristanpemble/32/3212_2.png) [@tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/u/tristanpemble)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/10 "2026-05-10T01:32:47Z")
Thanks for coming everyone, this was a fun one! ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://ziggit.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Sam](https://ziggit.dev/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/11 "2026-05-11T17:03:13Z")
Thanks for hosting this event! I thought I’d be in over my head and wasn’t sure about attending, but I had a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone who explained beginner concepts to me so clearly and succinctly. Studying the ArrayList toOwnedSliceSentinel as a way to learn Zig was fascinating. I’m really looking forward to the next zig day, maybe I’ll be able to build something simple by then. Summer gets kind of busy with activities, so do you know when the next one will be, so I can reserve it on my calendar? ---
**Author:** ![tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/tristanpemble/32/3212_2.png) [@tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/u/tristanpemble)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 5:11am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/12 "2026-05-12T05:11:03Z")
thanks, Sam. it meant a lot to me how much you enjoyed the day, truly. in about 6-8 weeks; no hard date right now. sign up here [Zig Day](https://zig.day/usa/portland/) and you’ll get an email when it is announced 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://ziggit.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Sam](https://ziggit.dev/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/13 "2026-05-15T16:33:08Z")
I’ve signed up, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://ziggit.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Sam](https://ziggit.dev/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/14 "2026-05-15T16:38:52Z")
I know editor setups are pretty idiosyncratic so this question might be too open ended. I saw folks zooming around code very quickly, and wondered, since everyone was gravitating towards Nix, whether everyone’s also gravitated towards the same kind of ide setup that works best for learning zig and systems programming? Particularly navigating between editing, running commands, looking up documentation, and jumping into libraries to learn more. I’m just using vscode on a macbook with an unmodified neovim plugin, and ghostty for shell. ---
**Author:** ![zmitchell](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/zmitchell/32/5377_2.png) [@zmitchell](https://ziggit.dev/u/zmitchell)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/15 "2026-05-15T19:11:26Z")
My setup looks like this: - Terminal: Ghostty, so I can easily set up two panes side by side, one for an editor, one for a shell. - Editor: Helix, has built in support for language servers (which give you autocomplete, go to definition, etc). - ZLS (language server) - Browser: Language reference and std docs open in separate tabs ZLS is a bit limited compared language servers that have been around longer, so I typically have a `zig build —watch -fincremental` running in the second pane of my terminal to find _all_ of the errors (ZLS can’t find all of them). ---
**Author:** ![zmitchell](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/zmitchell/32/5377_2.png) [@zmitchell](https://ziggit.dev/u/zmitchell)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/16 "2026-05-15T19:16:05Z")
I’m usually flipping between the std docs in the browser, the language reference in the browser, and using go to definition to see the actual source. On macOS my setup is a little different for other languages. I use Dash for browsing docs offline, and I have it integrated with Alfred. This lets me do Cmd+Space to get a search bar, type `rust PathBuf`, and immediately be taken to the documentation page for `std::path::PathBuf` in Dash. Super convenient. Zeal is the Linux alternative to Dash, but it’s just not anywhere near as good. ---
**Author:** ![tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/tristanpemble/32/3212_2.png) [@tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/u/tristanpemble)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/17 "2026-05-16T16:28:08Z")
Pretty much this; editor doesn’t matter so much as long as you’re using ZLS if you’re used to that level of editor integration. With regard to the stuff ZLS doesn’t catch, you can setup a “check” step in your project’s build.zig.zon: [Build-On-Save - zigtools](https://zigtools.org/zls/guides/build-on-save/) This will put the compiler errors in your editor ---
**Author:** ![zmitchell](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/zmitchell/32/5377_2.png) [@zmitchell](https://ziggit.dev/u/zmitchell)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/18 "2026-09-15T00:00:30Z")
I just got back from Zigtoberfest in Munich so my Zig battery is fully charged. I’m going to talk to Kiln tomorrow to see if they’re amenable to me hosting a meetup in October. I have no scheduling conflicts on any of 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, or 10/24 (all Saturdays). Does anyone have a preference? ---
**Author:** ![tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/tristanpemble/32/3212_2.png) [@tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/u/tristanpemble)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/19 "2026-09-15T00:32:09Z")
I’m working on lining up a date in the next 2-4 weeks. Several of us will be in Vancouver the Oct 3/4 weekend for [Software You Can Love](https://softwareyoucanlove.ca/). It’s not quite official, but Sunday October 11th is the date I am looking at right now ---
**Author:** ![tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/tristanpemble/32/3212_2.png) [@tristanpemble](https://ziggit.dev/u/tristanpemble)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236/20 "2026-09-15T02:17:04Z")
@zmitchell your spidey sense must have been tingling 👀 October 11th is confirmed! see you all there [Next page](https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-day-portland-5-saturday-november-7th/14236.md?page=2)