modern-patterns

name	modern-patterns
description	This skill should be used when the user asks what a modern idiom looks like for error handling, types, or modularity in Zig — e.g. 'show me the modern way to do this', 'what's the idiomatic Zig 0.17 pattern here' — while implementing a refactor.

Modern Patterns

Concrete before/after modern idioms for errors, types, modularity, and other constructs.

Error Handling

Legacy Broad catches, silent ignores.

Modern Explicit error unions, log or propagate. No silent empty catches in data/inference/persistence paths.

Types

Legacy String unions or magic values.

Modern Enums, tagged unions, strong types.

Modularity

Extract pure core, push effects to edges. Small focused units.

See references for catalog of before/after in Zig context.

Additional Resources

• references/patterns-catalog.md
• examples/before-after-zig.md

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