Published July 9, 2026 · Added July 9, 2026

My Thoughts on the Bun Rust Rewrite

Andrew Kelley argues that Bun's VC-backed push, Anthropic acquisition, stopped Zig Software Foundation donations, and AI-heavy rewrite created open-source sustainability and maintainer-community fallout beyond the Rust-versus-Zig language choice.

Andrew Kelley argues that Bun’s VC-backed push, Anthropic acquisition, stopped Zig Software Foundation donations, and AI-heavy rewrite created open-source sustainability and maintainer-community fallout beyond the Rust-versus-Zig language choice.

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