--- title: A fetch() api that doesn't suck (by a twisted definition... description: A live-coding session exploring the design of a non-blocking HTTP client in Zig that avoids threads, callbacks, and async/await. The author implements a custom... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-fetch-api-that-doesn-t-suck-by-a-twisted-definition-of-suck--odlz7oy6b twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A fetch() api that doesn't suck (by a twisted definition of suck) | daily.dev og:description: A live-coding session exploring the design of a non-blocking HTTP client in Zig that avoids threads, callbacks, and async/await. The author implements a custom... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-fetch-api-that-doesn-t-suck-by-a-twisted-definition-of-suck--odlz7oy6b og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ODlZ7OY6b.png og:image:alt: A fetch() api that doesn't suck (by a twisted definition of suck) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A fetch() api that doesn't suck (by a twisted definition of suck) **[sphaerophoria](https://daily.dev/sources/sphaerophoria)** · 104 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A live-coding session exploring the design of a non-blocking HTTP client in Zig that avoids threads, callbacks, and async/await. The author implements a custom event loop architecture using epoll with numeric IDs for dispatch, creating a state machine-based approach where connections are managed through object pools and event IDs map to specific handlers. The implementation demonstrates manual state management and connection lifecycle handling as an alternative to traditional async patterns. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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