An agent built a compiler prototype that outran Node, Bun and Go in its benchmark, for about 10 dollars

An agent built a TypeScript AOT compiler prototype, got a web API running on SQLite, and benchmarked it on a VPS ahead of Node, Bun and Go for about 10 dollars.

$10

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How it works

The agent builds the ahead-of-time compiler prototype
Gets a web API running on a database
Benchmarks it on a server ahead of Node, Bun and Go
The run costs about 10 dollars

Why it’s worth knowing

Beating Go on a benchmark with a prototype is the surprising part.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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