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Bun's rust rewrite, the TanStack hack, and the $60B Cursor deal | Panel

May 21st, 2026  |  46 mins 49 secs

ai, bun, panel, tanstack

This month's panel digs into the SpaceX Cursor acquisition rumor and what a $60 billion valuation means for AI coding tools. They debate Bun's million-line Rust rewrite generated entirely by AI, the tradeoffs of agentic coding at scale, and a sophisticated CI/CD cache poisoning attack targeting TanStack. Plus: practical takes on Claude token optimization, session forensics, local AI models, and why most Claude Code skills work best when tailored, not pulled off the shelf.

Bun vs. Node, CSS containers, and complex UIs

October 6th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  12 mins 47 secs

bun, css, ui

In this week’s roundup, hear snippets of our discussions about how Bun is creating runtime competition, what CSS containers actually are, and how to deal with complex UIs.

State of CSS, Bun 1.0, and v0

September 29th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  38 mins 23 secs

bun, css, vercel

Back with our monthly panel episode, we discuss the State of CSS 2023 results, the Bun 1.0 release, if Vercel’s v0 is all hype, and more with panelists Cassidy Williams, Chris Bautista, Paul Mikulskis, and Noel Minchow.

Node.js runtimes with Erick Wendel

April 7th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  28 mins 44 secs

bun, deno, javascript, node js

With JavaScript runtimes like Deno and Bun becoming increasingly popular, Node.js core team member Erick Wendel comes on to talk about how he created his own Node.js runtime and why he did it.

Bun with Jarred Sumner (Repeat)

December 27th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  27 mins 56 secs

bun, javascript, runtime

Originally published on August 5th, 2022.
We are taking some time off from production. We will be back with new episodes on January 3rd, 2023.

Bun has been one of the most talked about JavaScript runtimes since its release, and we got to talk to Jarred Sumner, the creator of Bun, about why it’s so fast, how it’s competing with Node, and more.

Bun with Jarred Sumner

August 5th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  28 mins 50 secs

bun, javascript, runtime

Bun has been one of the most talked about JavaScript runtimes since its release, and we got to talk to Jarred Sumner, the creator of Bun, about why it’s so fast, how it’s competing with Node, and more.