I think this focus cuts both ways though - most "one & done" CLI tools will not be bottlenecked by a GC. Many are so performance insensitive that Python is totally fine, and for most of the rest the performance envelope of Go is more than enough. Why would I reach for Rust or Zig for these? "I like C, Zig is like C" is a totally acceptable reason, but then this whole article is preaching to the choir.

I was with you on using safe languages Go/Python. I disagree that using Zig == using Rust. Many CLI programs get run as root (sudo or otherwise) either necessarily or out of laziness/convenience.