Comment by soraminazuki

Every accusation is an admission, isn't it? As always with these cases, the rhetorical contrast is staggering compared to the thread about Bun deprecating Zig.

Bun made a snap decision to merge 1M lines of unreviewed code within a week, including code generated moments before the merge. AI or not, that forces downstream users to cope with total unpredictability. This process bears no resemblance to science or engineering.

All the QA work you're demanding of yt-dlp is work Bun should've done. Trying to flip that responsibility proves your argument isn't grounded in engineering principles. And you sure made your feelings known in your comments for someone who claims not to let emotions affect technical decisions.

yt-dlp made a sane technical decision to drop a high-risk dependency. Not only is the Bun code now unpredictable, but the maintainer is too. The maintainer called the rewrite "experimental," then merged it within a week. If direct statements can flip overnight without warning or explanation, it's no wonder downstream projects want out. Especially when yt-dlp already supports alternative JS runtimes.