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> Wouldn't that be better as an optional library? Totally agree. In their words, "Bun aims to be a cloud-first JavaScript runtime. That means supporting all t

• diggan 2y ago
  > This particular design choice seems even worse than Node. We could argue that it's worse/better, but in the end it's just different. NodeJS when it appeared had the vibe and "marketing" to be something lightweight, fast and event-driven (compared to the alternatives at the time at least), where the 3rd party ecosystem provided the tooling for what Bun now tries to bundle into their "all-in-one" tool. We've seen the same cycle multiple times. Developers need flexibility to configure something so a flexible solution appears, everyone gets excited and starts migrating. Eventually, more developers are tired of the flexibility and don't understand why there are so many configuration-options, so eventually a "all-in-one" solution appears, everyone gets excited and starts migrating. Eventually, people need to be able configure more things so....
• azemetre 2y ago
  Just wait until they give preference to services that their VC benefactors are also supporting.