Supper Club × Bun with Jared Sumner
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Jared Sumner about why and how he created Bun, what Zig is, and the future of Bun. Tuple - Sponsor This week’s sponsor is , an app built specifically for remote pair programming. The app...
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In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Jared Sumner about why and how he created Bun, what Zig is, and the future of Bun.
Tuple - SponsorThis week’s sponsor is Tuple, an app built specifically for remote pair programming. The app is written in C++ and tuned for high-resolution screen sharing and low-latency remote control. Because developers deserve better than Zoom or Meet for pairing. Tuple.app.
Show Notes- 00:37 Welcome
- 01:44 Who is Jared Sumner?
- Jarred Sumner on Twitter
- Bun
- Bun Discord
- Bun on GitHub
- 02:31 Why did you make Bun?
- 09:43 Using web API vs Node modules?
- 13:25 Do we still use npm?
- 15:42 Support for HTML Rewriter
- 16:46 Where do you see Bun being used?
- 19:25 Do you think someone will write a type checker?
- 21:18 Sponsor: Tuple
- 22:07 What is Zig?
- 24:57 Did you have a history of learning languages?
- 28:16 Have you ever thought of putting Bun on hardware?
- 29:59 Is there a package.json file in Bun projects?
- 31:34 What can’t Node just get faster?
- 32:16 What is the future of Bun?
- 36:27 Thoughts on types in JavaScript?
- 41:16 Why did you build an SQLite client into Bun?
- 42:54 Supper Club questions
- Starship
- Warp
- 48:52 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
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- LevelUpTutorials Instagram
- Wes’ Instagram
- Wes’ Twitter
- Wes’ Facebook
- Scott’s Twitter
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