Jarred Sumner on Bun: hyperfast JavaScript toolkit | The React Native Show Podcast Coffee Talk #14

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Unless you live under a rock, you must have heard about the recent release of Bun 1.0. For those of you who somehow missed that announcement, Bun is a fast, all-in-one toolkit for running, building, testing, and debugging JavaScript and TypeScript, from a single file to a full-stack application – and as of September 8, it’s finally stable and production-ready. Much like the rest of the community, we’re pretty excited about the release and Bun in general – and we’re even more excited to have the brain behind it all, Jarred Sumner, as our next Coffee Talk guest. Together, we discuss: • Bun’s origins, primary purpose, and core features • the inner workings of Bun, including its use of Zig and the factors that contribute to its lightning-fast performance • the toolkit’s versatility and potential as a replacement for Node.js • Bun's role within the JavaScript and React Native ecosystem, including its relationship with Metro and the benefits it brings to React and React Native developers • the journey towards Bun 1.0, including the work style at Oven, the lessons learned, and the influence of a significant investment on the project's future Tune in, try Bun 1.0, and let us know how it works for you! Check out other episodes of our podcast 🎧 https://hubs.li/Q022w5Kk0 Sign up for our newsletter for developers and tech leaders 📧 https://hubs.li/Q022w5Tl0 Follow us on Twitter 🐦 https://twitter.com/callstackio