# Shlemiel the Painter Is Back: How Zig's Libc Rewrite Made SQLite 12,000× Slower

- HackerByte page: <https://hackerbyte.net/en/stories/a-rewrite-of-the-libc-library-in-zig-dramatically-degraded-the-performance-of-th-50367576>
- Original source: <https://dennisforbes.ca/blog/microblog/2026/10/the_accidental_12000x_sqlite_slowdown/>
- Hacker News discussion: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50367576>
- Submitted to Hacker News: 2026-11-04T16:06:45.000Z

A rewrite of the libc library in Zig dramatically degraded the performance of the SQLite database.

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