How a mutex, a condition variable and a priority queue can be used to build a simple task scheduler in Zig.

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This post introduces how to write a task scheduler in Zig. It covers the basics of using a thread with `sleep` to schedule tasks and then introduces a naive scheduler implementation and a more advanced scheduler using a priority queue and condition variables.

Writing a task scheduler in Zig