
technologyJul 25, 202223:53pending
What is Bun? The New JS Runtime
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In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Bun, a new all-in-one JavaScript runtime. What makes Bun so fast? What’s on Bun’s roadmap? And why do we need another JavaScript runtime?
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Show Notes 00:23 Welcome
01:21 Sponsor: Freshbooks
02:07 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response
03:20 What is Bun?
Bun
Deno
08:20 Why is Bun so fast?
Zig
12:32 Module support
15:11 What’s not implemented yet in Bun?
What’s not implemented in Bun yet
17:01 Config file in toml
18:08 Bun roadmap
Bun roadmap
20:27 Why do we need another JavaScript environment?
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