I was curious why bun build --compile would be faster. The docs say:

“Compiled executables reduce memory usage and improve Bun’s start time.

Normally, Bun reads and transpiles JavaScript and TypeScript files on import and require. This is part of what makes so much of Bun “just work”, but it’s not free. It costs time and memory to read files from disk, resolve file paths, parse, transpile, and print source code.

With compiled executables, you can move that cost from runtime to build-time.”

https://bun.com/docs/bundler/executables#deploying-to-produc...