I was wrong to be upset this whole time that the rewrite would hurt Zig. This is one of those rare occasions when I’m glad I was wrong. Interesting insights.

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fg137 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

I don't think Bun actually matters much, even for web development. For sure there is a lot of enthusiasm, but all the production systems I know continue to use Node.js and are not moving to Bun any time soon. In the "real world" not that many people care about it.

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asciimoo 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

I agree with you, but Bun was still something of a flagship project for Zig. It received a lot of attention, which indirectly helped Zig's popularity.

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AyanamiKaine 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I find this sad, as I use Bun as a Node.js replacement that works really well. I wanted improved builds times and run speed. Both things bun provided. It reduced ram usage and worked with the node ecosystem well.

So for some workflows it looked like a flat improvement on all parts.

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dezsiszabi 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Exactly, it's some niche thing not a lot of people care about in my opinion. I certainly don't.

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blovescoffee 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I work on a site with millions of users and we use bun...

	▲	efilife 20 hours ago \| parent [-]
		will you continue using it?

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newaccountman2 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

We use Bun at work.

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ivanjermakov 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I believe Bun gave Zig much more than it took away.