pier255d ago

We replaced Node.js with Bun for 5x throughput

https://trigger.dev/blog/firebun

Why we replaced Node.js with Bun for 5x throughput | Trigger.dev

How we took our warm start service from 2,099 req/s on Node + SQLite to 10,700 req/s on a compiled Bun binary, and found a subtle memory leak that only exists in Bun's HTTP model.

Show threadksec5d ago

>Next: the runtime itself. Bun has a bun build --compile flag that produces a single self-contained executable. No runtime, no node_modules, no source files needed in the container.

I didn't know that. So Bun is basically a whole runtime + framework all in one with little to no deployment headaches?

Show threadthewarman
This (single executable) is available in node.js now too as SEA mode.
Apr 6 at 4:42amWeb
Show threadclaytongulick5d ago
But I think it still doesn't work with ESM, only CommonJS, so while not insurmountable, not as good as bun.
Show threadwilliamstein5d ago

SEA with node.js "works" for nearly arbitrarily general node code -- pretty much anything you can run with node. However you may have to put in substantial extra effort, e.g., using [1], and possibly more work (e.g., copying assets out or using a virtual file system).

[1] https://www.npmjs.com/package/@vercel/ncc

@vercel/ncc

Simple CLI for compiling a Node.js module into a single file, together with all its dependencies, gcc-style.. Latest version: 0.38.4, last published: 7 months ago. Start using @vercel/ncc in your project by running `npm i @vercel/ncc`. There are 154 other projects in the npm registry using @vercel/ncc.

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