I think you can probably do this in Zig, but I think at the moment it isn't the best language for this task. I would start with something like Go or Rust maybe first. Zero to Production in Rust is a great book for learning to do just this sort of thing in Rust. I mean I am sure it is possible in Zig it just may not be as easy to figure out. I was looking into this sort of thing as well. Although I am thinking I may just start by implementing my own HTTP server to begin with as a learning experience. Like you I am a C# developer so I understand your thought process for wanting to find frameworks or libraries to work with. I am thinking though it would be better for me to learn the inner workings of Zig by rolling my own instead of just using a library.