Bun creator Jarred Sumner says a single developer rewrote the runtime from Zig to Rust in 11 days using AI
The project achieved 100% test parity using the tool Fable.
Rewriting Bun in Rust https://bun.com/blog/bun-in-rust
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13 postsI really like this post and think it’s illuminating. But I’ve felt a bit nervous about bun as a project since it seems buggy and not as stable/correct. The speedups don’t materialize as they take random micro-benchmarks out of context. But they tell a good story I guess, it’s…
I really like this post and think it’s illuminating. I’ve felt a bit nervous about bun as a project since it seems buggy and not as stable/correct. The speedups don’t materialize as they take random micro-benchmarks out of context. But they tell a good story I guess, it’s ideas…
this should be a huge update in your model of software engineering: rewrites can be good, cheap and fast of course most apps are not as testable and verifiable as Bun, but the models will continue to get better at filling those gaps…