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Kumar Kalyan
Kumar Kalyan

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Did bun just killed Node & Deno?

Bun.js claims to be the fastest JavaScript runtime. Can it completely replace Node and Deno ??

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Joe Mainwaring

Doubtful.

While performance improvements is certainly a good way to break into a market with established players, there are a lot of other factors that will need to play in Bun.js' favor to overtake Node.

I can say with certainty that I will not be considering Bun for the time being in my side projects or on prod. If it can pull a Google Chrome in a couple years and show momentum against the established player, then perhaps I'll revisit.

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Kumar Kalyan

Yeah I also think that bun is just new we should use it for side projects only

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JoelBonetR πŸ₯‡

If performance were the most important thing we all would be coding in Cpp or similar languages just like you do nowadays in critical systems.

I expect Node to catch up eventually on Bun, then Bun either will need to add features that make sense to "fill gaps" or won't have any reason to exist

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Kumar Kalyan

agreed