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What is Bun, and does it live up to the hype?

from ByteofDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

Bun is a new JavaScript runtime that claims to offer more features and performance compared to Node.js and Deno. But is it as good as it is hyped up to be?
16th Aug 2022

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