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The accusation of malice goes a bit far, but I agree it's a problem whether it's intentional or not. Bun takes a slapdash approach to shipping features and APIs
by brundolf 3y ago
The accusation of malice goes a bit far, but I agree it's a problem whether it's intentional or not. Bun takes a slapdash approach to shipping features and APIs, which means things get out fast but also rubs me the wrong way re: long-term implications and vision
- eyelidlessness 3y agoI’ll vouch for non-malice. Bun’s creator frequently tweets about hypothetical APIs he may want to introduce, often seeking feedback explicitly. The ideas are always earnest “would you find this helpful?” sorts of things. (For what it’s worth, I frequently reply that these hypotheticals are a bad idea when they break expectations etc, at least if I can fit my reasoning in tweet length. I think this has been at least marginally successful in pushing back in some cases.) The problem, with Bun but really with the ecosystem at large, is that shipping stuff is (still) the de facto way that standards kind of congeal into something resembling actual standards.
- brundolf 3y agoYeah. I follow him on twitter too, and it's both impressive and distressingly chaotic the way he spitballs and then settles on APIs in the form of twitter surveys
- tomjakubowski 3y agoseems to work for twitter's CEO - though he does sometimes ignore what the survey says
- Aeolun 3y agoThat works just fine if you are the main person working on something.