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LunaSeayesterday at 6:29 PM3 repliesview on HN

Why would they want to bet on nascent technology whereas Node.js bas existed for a god 15 years?


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simonwyesterday at 6:51 PM

Because they needed something that could produce a single binary that works on every platform. They started shipping Claude Code with Bun back in July: https://x.com/jarredsumner/status/1943492457506697482

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jitlyesterday at 6:45 PM

it starts fast and does better job than nodejs for their product

stonogoyesterday at 6:32 PM

Because Microsoft already owns that.

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