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by simonw
9 days ago
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I think they bought Bun because it was a supply chain risk for them. Their new flagship product (earning them billions of dollars in revenue per month) was dependent on a platform maintained by a tiny startup. Buying Bun was a very rational way to reduce that risk, epically since it also got them some top tier engineering talent. Thinking about that further, I wonder if that was part of the rationale for switching from Zig to Rust that they haven't talked about? Zig is a much riskier bet for your multi-billion dollar cash cow than Rust is. But saying that out loud would be rude - they took steps to NOT openly criticize Zig, even after Zig's founder did not show them the same courtesy. |
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If this does not get Anthropic 'The Presidential Medal of Strategic Restraint' I don't know what will.