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Regardless of Anthropic/ClaudeCode, PerryTS[1] looks like a very promising competitor to Bun. [1]: https://github.com/PerryTS/perry https://github.com/PerryTS/

Regardless of Anthropic/ClaudeCode, PerryTS[1] looks like a very promising competitor to Bun. [1]: https://github.com/PerryTS/perry https://github.com/PerryTS/perry

evertheylen 5mo ago
This is cool! But AFAIK bun promises to be a one-stop-shop for all your JS/TS dev needs, while Perry is "just" a compiler from Typescript to native executables.
dgellow 5mo ago
I would mention deno as the main competitor
- herpdyderp 5mo ago
  Personally I much prefer Deno as it's also doing a lot more work to unify the backend and frontend JS APIs.
  - dgellow 5mo ago
    Yes, same for me. I was skeptical at first but things have really improved over the past 2 years
- hungryhobbit 5mo ago
  I would too ... but not as the winning competitor. For their first year two of existence, bun tried to do npm, but better. For the first year or two of their existence, Deno tried to reinvent npm. The key result is that after that first year or two Deno had to walk back their decisions, to create a Node-ecosystem-compatible tool .. and as a result, they're now significantly behind bun (at least by all metrics I've seen).
  - dgellow 5mo ago
    I know, early deno was rough and frustrating. But it is now _the_ main competitor to Bun. What makes you say it is behind? Are you talking about features or usage?
  - MoonWalk 5mo ago
    Freedom from the NPM mess was why I started my project from the ground up in Deno in the first place.
- afavour 5mo ago
  I would mention Node as the main competitor. It isn't moving as vast as the VC-backed ecosystems are but its future is a lot more assured.
  - dgellow 5mo ago
    Ok, but Node is the status quo. As replacement to the node runtime bun and deno are the two contenders at the moment
veber-alex 5mo ago
Looks like AI slop https://github.com/PerryTS/perry/issues/139 https://github.com/PerryTS/perry/issues/139
- nikcub 5mo ago
  the AI replies itt are cringe
  - veber-alex 5mo ago
    Seriously. It's one thing to use AI to write code but spamming machine generated garbage when talking to another person is just rude.
    - kelvinjps10 5mo ago
      I see the thread and the patience of the other guy to continue talking to the AI, it's impressive
      - amlug 5mo ago
        I'm the "AI cringe guy" if you want to call it that. Yet I am still waiting for someone to produce typescript that compiles wrongly. I have limited time, and the little feedback that guy provided turned out to be perfectly well answered by AI. So sorry, but either you actually criticize something actionable to just shut up, but I don't have the time to debate this if the simple few lines don't get answered.
        gardenhedge 5mo ago
        Absolutely correct. It's not just smart to use AI in this way, it's efficient. And here's the thing most people don't get, you are saving time. If you would like more insight, just say the word.
        jonbonjonesjohn 5mo ago

Regardless of Anthropic/ClaudeCode, PerryTS[1] looks like a very promising competitor to Bun. [1]: https://github.com/PerryTS/perry https://github.com/PerryTS/perry

evertheylen 5mo ago

This is cool! But AFAIK bun promises to be a one-stop-shop for all your JS/TS dev needs, while Perry is "just" a compiler from Typescript to native executables.

dgellow 5mo ago

I would mention deno as the main competitor

herpdyderp 5mo ago
Personally I much prefer Deno as it's also doing a lot more work to unify the backend and frontend JS APIs.
- dgellow 5mo ago
  Yes, same for me. I was skeptical at first but things have really improved over the past 2 years
hungryhobbit 5mo ago
I would too ... but not as the winning competitor. For their first year two of existence, bun tried to do npm, but better. For the first year or two of their existence, Deno tried to reinvent npm. The key result is that after that first year or two Deno had to walk back their decisions, to create a Node-ecosystem-compatible tool .. and as a result, they're now significantly behind bun (at least by all metrics I've seen).
- dgellow 5mo ago
  I know, early deno was rough and frustrating. But it is now _the_ main competitor to Bun. What makes you say it is behind? Are you talking about features or usage?
- MoonWalk 5mo ago
  Freedom from the NPM mess was why I started my project from the ground up in Deno in the first place.
afavour 5mo ago
I would mention Node as the main competitor. It isn't moving as vast as the VC-backed ecosystems are but its future is a lot more assured.
- dgellow 5mo ago
  Ok, but Node is the status quo. As replacement to the node runtime bun and deno are the two contenders at the moment

veber-alex 5mo ago

Looks like AI slop https://github.com/PerryTS/perry/issues/139 https://github.com/PerryTS/perry/issues/139

nikcub 5mo ago
the AI replies itt are cringe
- veber-alex 5mo ago
  Seriously. It's one thing to use AI to write code but spamming machine generated garbage when talking to another person is just rude.
  - kelvinjps10 5mo ago
    I see the thread and the patience of the other guy to continue talking to the AI, it's impressive
    - amlug 5mo ago
      I'm the "AI cringe guy" if you want to call it that. Yet I am still waiting for someone to produce typescript that compiles wrongly. I have limited time, and the little feedback that guy provided turned out to be perfectly well answered by AI. So sorry, but either you actually criticize something actionable to just shut up, but I don't have the time to debate this if the simple few lines don't get answered.
      - gardenhedge 5mo ago
        Absolutely correct. It's not just smart to use AI in this way, it's efficient. And here's the thing most people don't get, you are saving time. If you would like more insight, just say the word.
        jonbonjonesjohn 5mo ago