Zig SHOWTIME is a live-streamed show that airs on Twitch where (mostly) members of the Zig community present on a topic and take questions from the viewers.
To be a speaker first of all you need to have a pair of headphones an a decent microphone. The need for a good mic is self-evident, while the need for headphones (earbuds or any non-speaker device) is because during the Q&A part of your talk you will need to hear the question being posed to you without producing audio feedback and the usual noises that you can find in company meetings.
While not strictly mandatory, it's also recommended to have a webcam of some sort (some speakers have already used their phones for that purpose in the past) so that the public can see your face, especially during the Q&A. If you don't want to share your face, or you don't have a webcam, we can definitely find an alternative solution.
Finally, you will probably share slides or some code. For that you will need a connection that can support that video stream. As of now, we're using https://share.zig.show/.
Clearly Zig SHOWTIME focuses on talks around Zig, but we're also open to talks about topics that are adjacent to Zig, like {systems, embedded, low-level} programming, WebAssembly, just to name a few. If it's something that's worth knowing for a member of the Zig community, we want to hear about it.
As for Zig-specific topics, we are interested in learning about your Zig project, be it a game, an application, a library, or even a PR that you sent to the main project. On top of that we also don't mind talks that explain some of the basics, like stack vs heap, how manual memory management works, etc.
There's also room for other less-conventional topics or formats (e.g. livecoding). I only ask that you try to package your talk in a 20-minute sesson (30 at most). If you want to tackle a problem that requires more time, please break it down into two separate talks. We love returning speakers, while — as you can imagine — people's attention spans are farily narrow, especially when watching content on a screen.
Fill the form linked at the bottom of this page. I will get in contact with you to schedule your talk as soon as I can.
The show doesn't air always at the same time. We change it depending on the needs of the speakers.