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fz 1.6 & 1.7: build C, ASM and C++ without CMake hell (opens in new tab)

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We all know the pain: you have a tiny C or ASM project, and suddenly you're knee-deep in CMake syntax from 2003, googling why your target_link_libraries silently does nothing. I built ForgeZero so that building feels like go build — you just run it and it works. Here's what landed in the last two releases. v1.6 — daily quality of life fz init scaffolds .fz.yaml, .fzignore and a README in one shot. No more copy-pasting boilerplate before writing a single line of actual code. Speaking of .fz.ya...

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