On: The Bun Shell

[worksonmine]

It feels like the people behind bun are trying to differentiate from node so much that they sometimes don't stop to ask why.

I'm sure there's a use-case somewhere, but if I'm using js I will just use a regex instead of reaching for grep. If I want the shell I'll use the shell.

[neongreen → worksonmine]

The most common usecase is probably “I have `rm` in the scripts section of package.json, and it doesn’t work on windows.”

[LudwigNagasena → neongreen]

> Bun provides a limited, experimental native build for Windows.

> # WARNING: No stability is guaranteed on the experimental Windows builds

Now your scripts simply will randomly break on Windows and you won't even know why!

[8n4vidtmkvmk → LudwigNagasena]

I don't think that's permanent. Eventually they'll have a stable release on windows

[8n4vidtmkvmk → worksonmine]

I'd personally rather write my long shell scripts in js for my js-based project. And I wouldn't bring in grep to run a regex either but I'd use it to run a myriad of other tools that aren't implemented in js.

[afavour → worksonmine]

It does feel like Bun is trying to do a lot. And when the company depends on VC funding I think it’s fair to question whether you want to rely on them for a core project functionality.