I was looking back through my GitHub and found my goals from 2021. It made me think back to four years ago, when I first started this side project and got to know
@_hyf0 @_h_ana___ and
@_IWANTBETHATGUY
I never imagined that a side project from back then would grow into what it has become today. None of this would have happened if
@evan hadnโt taken over the project and brought everyone together to push it all the way into becoming a core part of Vite.
The Oxc created by
@boshen_c was another crucial piece of the puzzle. I still remember when the first SWC-based POC of Rolldown came out โ it was more than 2x slower than esbuild, and I felt really discouraged.
At the time, I wondered whether it would still be meaningful even if we managed to build it. It wasnโt until
@rolldown_rs was later taken over by VoidZero and fully rewritten with Oxc that it reached the incredible performance weโre seeing today.
Iโm no longer part of the Rolldown team in
@voidzerodev, but Iโm still genuinely proud of what it has become. Congratulations to the Rolldown team โ what youโve done is truly remarkable!