Zig creator calls spade a spade, Anthropic blows smoke
Summary
Ray Myers analyzes the Zig vs. Rust rewrite controversy around Bun and Anthropic, framing Anthropic’s public narrative as an attempt to shape perceptions about software engineering and AI. The piece critiques marketing-driven storytelling, defends a more transparent technical discourse, and discusses broader implications for language choices, code quality, and organizational decision-making in AI-enabled software projects.