Thank you, Jarred, for your work. It’s unfortunate to see so much backlash toward legitimate research. Bun is often seen by some as “the flagship project for zig” - especially among those frustrated with rust who want zig to "win over rust" for whatever reasons. At the end of the day, you should do what makes the most sense for your project and your circumstances, regardless of the language or tools involved.
Personally, I find this experiment interesting and I’m curious to see how it develops. Writing idiomatic rust requires a shift in mindset, so it’ll be worth watching how well LLMs adapt to that over time.
I can only speak for myself... but I've found at least Claude Opus to handle Rust very well, and in my own use cases WebAssembly (wasm) and FFI for interoperation with TS/JS has been pretty smooth.
Honestly, I don't know. I think it's because of frustration, but the community attitude is part of it. I experienced first hand people frustrated with Rust moving to Zig and finding other people to pick onto Rust and finding fertile ground (especially if moderators and heads of the community let this kind of behavior continue).
Personally, I find this experiment interesting and I’m curious to see how it develops. Writing idiomatic rust requires a shift in mindset, so it’ll be worth watching how well LLMs adapt to that over time.