diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 51f2e15591c260a54b845811ceaac6efd11868e3..1c43449c0c23220d8ec0fcd4c159b71e412f0f21 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ 		gnumake
 		nasm
 		tinycc
 		clang
-		zig
+		zig_0_11
 		zls
 
 		# Dev libraries and deps.
diff --git a/zig-telnet/Makefile b/zig-telnet/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..346280d8eb00903620a6ed2e2e0fe82dc594a2b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zig-telnet/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+default: write read
+
+write:
+	zig run main.zig
+
+read:
+	echo -e "Reading value back from Redis server"
+	{ echo "GET zig"; sleep 1; } | telnet localhost 6379
+
+redis:
+	docker run -p 6379:6379 redis
diff --git a/zig-telnet/main.zig b/zig-telnet/main.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0f396b9b06bc7a2a182d5d489d6315369687a8fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zig-telnet/main.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+// NOTE: Start Redis server with either `make redis` which requires
+//       Docker to be installed or provide your own Redis instance.
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    const peer = try std.net.Address.parseIp4("127.0.0.1", 6379);
+    const stream = try std.net.tcpConnectToAddress(peer);
+    defer stream.close();
+
+    std.debug.print("Connecting to Redis server {}\n", .{peer});
+
+    // https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/set/
+    var writer = stream.writer();
+    const size = try writer.write("SET zig zag\n");
+
+    std.debug.print("Sending to peer, total written: {d} bytes\n", .{size});
+
+    // NOTE: Check if the key was created with:
+    //       { echo "GET zig"; sleep 1; } | telnet localhost 6379
+}