I work on Bun. Happy to answer any questions
Hi Jarred,
I contributed to Bun one time for SQLite. I've a question about the licensing. Will each contributor continue to retain their copyright, or will a CLA be introduced?
Thanks
Anthropic acquires Bun
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Re: Anthropic acquires Bun
#392I work on Bun. Happy to answer any questions
Congrats on the payday :)
Do you think Anthropic might request you implement private APIs?
Re: Anthropic acquires Bun
#393I work on Bun. Happy to answer any questions
How much of your day-to-day is spent contributing code to the Bun codebase and do you expect it to decrease as Anthropic assigns more people to work on Bun?
Re: Anthropic acquires Bun
#394I work on Bun. Happy to answer any questions
Any thoughts on the claude "soul document" that was leaked this week?
Re: Anthropic acquires Bun
#395A lot of people seem confused about this acquisition because they think of Bun as a node.js compatible bundler / runtime and just compare it to Deno / npm. But I think its a really smart move if you think of where Bun has been pushing into lately which is a kind of cloud-native self contained runtime (S3 API, SQL, streaming, etc). For an agent like Claude Code this trajectory is really interesting as you are creating a runtime where your agent can work inside of cloud services as fluently as it currently does with a local filesystem. Claude will be able to leverage these capabilities to extend its reach across the cloud and add more value in enterprise use cases
Re: Anthropic acquires Bun
#396This reads more like Anthropic wanted to hire Jarred and Jarred wants to work with AI rather than build a Saas product around bun. I doubt it has anything to do with what is best for bun the project. Considering bun always seemed to value performance more than all else, the only real way for them to continue pursuing that value would be to move into the actual js engine design. This seems like a good pivot for Jarred…
It doesn't read like that to me at all. This reads to me like Anthropic realizing that they have $1bn in annual revenue from Claude Code that's dependent on Bun, and acquiring Bun is a great and comparatively cheap way to remove any risk from that dependency.
I'm also curious if Anthropic was worried about the funding situation for Bun. The easiest way to allay any concerns about longevity is to just acquire them outright.
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#397My long-term bet on Node being "boring" and "stable" continues to pay major dividends. So glad I never invested any time and effort on this ecosystem…
That is the way, when one is long time around, there are these alternatives coming and going, while the reference platforms keep going.
Re: Anthropic acquires Bun
#398Re: Anthropic acquires Bun
#399Bun is such a great runtime. If you haven't tried it, try it. It's got bells and whistles. This will make sure Bun is around for many, many , years to come. Thanks Anthropic. Why Bun? Easy to setup and go. bun run Bells and whistles. (SQL, Router, SPA, JSX, Bundling, Binaries, Streams, Sockets, S3) Typescript Supported. (No need to tsc, bun can transpile for you) Binary builds. (single executables for easy deployment…
It'll be around until they realize it makes 0$, and costs them millions per year in salaries/stock. then it will quietly die
You think they wouldn't have done that napkin math before deciding to acquire it?