Huge thanks to Jarred Sumner for reviewing this post. It wouldn’t have been possible without his help. Bun is a new and ambitious JavaScript toolset and runtime. Early adopters have been reporting that Bun JavaScript is incredibly fast. So fast that it has been touted by some as a Node.js killer. Curious, I decided to check out Bun for myself and benchmark it against the competition. Is it as fast
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