MicroZig to Adopt Strict No LLM / No AI Policy
Summary
MicroZig, the Zig embedded systems project, announced a strict no LLM / no AI policy for its codebase and development workflow.
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ZigEmbeddedGroup/microzig
Source: https://github.com/ZigEmbeddedGroup/microzig
NOTE: This is in development; breaks in the API are bound to happen.
What version of Zig to use
0.17.0
Getting Started With MicroZig
Go to microzig.tech!
Contributing
Please see:
- ARCHITECTURE.md for a layout of the project.
- CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md for the CoC.
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