Platform · 2022–now · AI Present
Bun
All-in-one JS runtime that actually feels fast. Winning scripts and side projects while production waits for edge cases.
Bun stuck because bundling, testing, and package install in one binary solves real daily friction. Full production adoption lags behind Node because enterprises buy boring and npm compatibility still has scars. The admiration is performance; the stickiness is dev ergonomics on new repos.
Context
The stack gets a co-pilot
AI pair programming is already changing how code is written. Agent frameworks and vector stores are still sorting winners from demos. The durable layer will look familiar: evals, retrieval quality, product UX, and ownership. Autopilot rewrites without tests are just big-bang migrations with better slides.
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