Debug vs Release: What a ‘Hello, World’ Taught Me About Zig, Roc, and the Cost of Debug Symbols
*What started as a simple "hello world" exercise turned into a deep dive into how Zig and Roc actually build binaries — from optimization modes and DWARF debug symbols eating 94% of a binary's size, to a surprising 14x size gap between a tiny Zig executable and its Roc equivalent. Here's everything I learned, one command at a time.*
