In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Jared Sumner about why and how he created Bun, what Zig is, and the future of Bun.

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Show Notes * 00:37 Welcome * 01:44 Who is Jared Sumner? * Jarred Sumner on Twitter * Bun * Bun Discord * Bun on GitHub * 02:31 Why did you make Bun? * 09:43 Using web API vs Node modules? * 13:25 Do we still use npm? * 15:42 Support for HTML Rewriter * 16:46 Where do you see Bun being used? * 19:25 Do you think someone will write a type checker? * 21:18 Sponsor: Tuple * 22:07 What is Zig? * 24:57 Did you have a history of learning languages? * 28:16 Have you ever thought of putting Bun on hardware? * 29:59 Is there a package.json file in Bun projects? * 31:34 What can’t Node just get faster? * 32:16 What is the future of Bun? * 36:27 Thoughts on types in JavaScript? * 41:16 Why did you build an SQLite client into Bun? * 42:54 Supper Club questions * Starship * Warp * 48:52 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

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