> And if the latest Zig version is no longer available, how were at least 2 forks based on it submitted to HN?

Where did I ever claim this? I said they don't even have the Zig build script in their repo anymore - they're clearly not intending to make any more changes to it, even if the code is still lying there next to the Rust code.

> If the userbase is as miniscule as you imagine then your criticisms are essentially meaningless.

They're not criticisms, they're observations. The point is that the challenge is not comparable - because TypeScript's existing ecosystem is part of their challenge.