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1. dts+0D[view] [source] 2025-12-02 20:52:05
>>ryanvo+(OP)
A 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
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2. davnic+sR[view] [source] 2025-12-02 22:05:19
>>dts+0D
Isn't what you're describing just a set of APIs with native bindings that the LLM can call?

I'm not sure I understand why it's necessary to even couple this to a runtime, let alone own the runtime?

Can't you just do it as a library and train/instruct the LLM to prefer using that library?

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3. ignora+341[view] [source] 2025-12-02 23:29:59
>>davnic+sR
Mostly, just Jarred Sumner makes it worth it for Anthropic.
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4. Action+TO2[view] [source] 2025-12-03 14:48:42
>>ignora+341
Why?

The whole point every CEO with a toe in the AI pool can't stop bleating on about is that software engineering is dead and replaced by AI.

bun is MIT licensed, they could take bun free of charge and use their Phd level software engineer god machine to iterate on it.

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