alt Hacker NewsThe "Why Bonsai?" I found really funny.
Let me re-write that section for you:
Why Bonsai?
At Jane Street we're super excited by Functional programming and by CAML in particular, so when we need low latency software, we use OCAML, when we need hardware, we write out own langauge - HardCAML, and when we need a Web UI, we build a Web UI framework in CAML. Because we fucking love CAML.
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bofeiw • today at 9:57 AM
Agreed, looks like it's reinventing the wheels. Frameworks does not really matter today, AI agents write the code anyway.
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And there's nothing wrong with that. Many languages attempt to do the same thing. Why bother with 15 different languages if you can leverage one?
See also LiveView and Hologram for Elixir.