Andrew Kelley

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President and Lead Developer of Zig Software Foundation - https://andrewkelley.me/

My Thoughts on the Bun Rust Rewrite - https://andrewkelley.me/post/my-thoughts-bun-rust-rewrite.html

While I resent Jarred Sumner for making Bun into an embarassment for Zig, and I blame him partially for some of the slop we've been dealing with, and I stand by my criticism of his leadership, I also empathize with him. He has different values than me, he wants different things out of life than me. But I think he's actually happy and successful exactly where he is. He figured out how to accomplish all the stuff that he wants. He gets to live out his productivity fantasy fever dream, he's probably already super wealthy. He has minor tech celebrity status.
Honestly, I think he did well for himself, and despite my feelings of resentment, and despite the fact that I find myself battling the marketing arm of Anthropic, I don't wish him any ill will. Even in the midst of my frustration, I am happy for him and his success, by his own standards.