i mean there’s a ton of alternative Python runtimes. i think Rust and Zig are compelling alternatives to C++, and these projects never felt like cash grabs to me. C++ is being systematically removed from high profile systems software for a good reason: it’s a nightmare to maintain. and Typescript support is much appreciated; JavaScript toolchains are nightmarish. all in all i think these alternative runtimes solve real problems.

i understand the cynicism, but these are software products that have to be funded to be successful.

dang. i kind of viewed Deno as the Firefox of JS runtimes, especially after what happened to Bun. the headline was initially encouraging; Cloudflare is doing some good work in the Rust networking systems space. i hate that they’re shutting it down though. let’s be realistic: without a core team working on feature parity with Node.js the project is effectively dead.

wasn’t really a suggestion, but even Elon can’t anti-woke his model away from reality. the billionaire class controls congress already.

honestly we could replace US congress with a system like this, and public life would probably improve over the current situation. at least an LLM can’t be bribed with a $500 meal and will actually read the legislation.