Reflecting on Bun's big launch (JS Party #295)

Fresh off Bun’s big 1.0 launch, Jarred Sumner goes one-on-one with Jerod to discuss the all-in-one JavaScript runtime that’s captured the interest of many. We get into it all: what problem he’s solving, how it’s so fast, why no Windows support, answering the critics, the (not real) beef between Bun and Node, how the VC-backed startup will sustain & more.

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Featuring:

• Jarred Sumner – GitHub, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Bun — A fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime
• Why Bun is going to “be the biggest problem” for Deno
• Bun hype. How we learned nothing from Yarn
• Bun Careers

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