Zig Native Extensions for Ruby: FFI Bindings, Struct Layouts, and Shared Library Packaging

A practical two-hour session on Zig Native Extensions for Ruby, focused on FFI Bindings, Struct Layouts, and Shared Library Packaging. The session treats Zig as a native component exposed through C-compatible boundaries, with attention to exported symbols, allocators, packaging, host-runtime tests, and failure handling.

Audience: entry-level and intermediate developers who want a practical engineering session, not a language tour.

Outcomes:

• Explain the practical boundaries of Zig Native Extensions for Ruby
• Apply FFI Bindings in a small working example
• Apply Struct Layouts in a small working example
• Apply and Shared Library Packaging in a small working example

Format: two hours with a short framing walkthrough, a concrete example, discussion of tradeoffs, and a closing checklist for practice.