Bonsai: Jane Street's UI Library | Hacker News

A Hacker News thread քննարկed Jane Street’s Bonsai, an OCaml-based UI library, and whether building a custom frontend framework is worth it.

The main debate was how hard it is to integrate backend-language frontends that compile to JavaScript with the broader JS ecosystem.

Some commenters argued Jane Street can justify reinvention because of its resources and its long-standing culture of building custom OCaml tools.

Others said mainstream JavaScript frameworks offer better ecosystem compatibility and easier long-term maintenance.