--- title: Why does a extraneous build step make my Zig app 10x faster? description: The post explores the phenomenon of an additional build step making a Zig app run faster. It discusses how a bash pipeline works and why the extra step... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-does-a-extraneous-build-step-make-my-zig-app-10x-faster--a4pxqopei twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why does a extraneous build step make my Zig app 10x faster? | daily.dev og:description: The post explores the phenomenon of an additional build step making a Zig app run faster. It discusses how a bash pipeline works and why the extra step... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-does-a-extraneous-build-step-make-my-zig-app-10x-faster--a4pxqopei og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/a4PxQopEi.png og:image:alt: Why does a extraneous build step make my Zig app 10x faster? 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. # Why does a extraneous build step make my Zig app 10x faster? **[Michael Lynch](https://daily.dev/sources/mtlynch)** · 9 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The post explores the phenomenon of an additional build step making a Zig app run faster. It discusses how a bash pipeline works and why the extra step improves performance. The author seeks help from the Zig community and makes changes to the benchmark to fix the issue. 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