Hono.js: Serverless Web Framework Production Guide 2026

As the Cloudflare Workers ecosystem has grown, the need for an edge-first web framework has become increasingly critical. Hono.js emerged right at this point: with a sub-12KB bundle size, ~150K req/sec throughput, and the ability to run on Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, Node.js, AWS Lambda, and Vercel Edge from a single codebase, it became the fastest-growing backend framework of the 2024-2026 period.

In this guide we'll cover Hono's architecture, its router system, the middleware ecosystem, RPC mode, and real production deployment scenarios.

Pro Tip: The most common mistake with Hono is setting up middleware order incorrectly. app.use() calls must come before the route definitions; middleware defined afterward only applies to the routes that follow it. This differs from Node.js/Express behavior.

1. Why Hono? The Competitive Edge
2. Router Architecture: RegExpRouter, TrieRouter, SmartRouter
RegExpRouter
TrieRouter
SmartRouter (Default)
3. Multi-Runtime Compatibility
4. Middleware Ecosystem
5. JSX Renderer and SSR
6. RPC Mode: a Type-Safe Client
7. Validator and OpenAPI Integration
8. Testing Strategies
9. Production Deployment Patterns
Cloudflare Workers (Wrangler)
Deno Deploy
Bun Runtime
10. Comparison with Fastify and Express
Conclusion
Related Posts
Sources

1. Why Hono? The Competitive Edge

Hono means "flame" in Japanese, and the name reflects the framework's performance philosophy. The project, started by Yoshi Wada, had a core goal: a minimal framework with zero dependencies, running on Web Standards API (Request, Response, Headers), that works on every JavaScript runtime.

Key differences from competitors:

Fastify: Node.js-only, ~250KB bundle, powerful but doesn't move to the edge
Express: 30 years old, built on Node.js's http module rather than Web Standards
Itty Router: very minimal, no middleware ecosystem
Hono: built on Web Standards, multi-runtime, fully featured

In the Cloudflare Workers environment, Hono delivers roughly 150,000 req/sec throughput. That figure is 3-5x that of comparable frameworks. This is because Hono's router algorithms are specifically optimized for path matching and minimize the number of allocations.

2. Router Architecture: RegExpRouter, TrieRouter, SmartRouter

Hono's performance secret lies largely in its router choice. The framework offers three different routers:

RegExpRouter

Compiles all route patterns into a single giant regex. The routing operation has O(1) complexity because all patterns are tested at once. Its advantage grows as the number of routes increases.

typescript

1import { Hono } from 'hono';
2import { RegExpRouter } from 'hono/router/reg-exp-router';
3 
4// Explicitly specifying RegExpRouter (SmartRouter already picks it)
5const app = new Hono({ router: new RegExpRouter() });
6 
7app.get('/users/:id', (c) => {
8  const id = c.req.param('id');
9  return c.json({ userId: id });
10});
11 
12app.get('/posts/:slug/comments/:commentId', (c) => {
13  const { slug, commentId } = c.req.param();
14  return c.json({ slug, commentId });
15});
16 
17export default app;

TrieRouter

Uses a trie (prefix tree) data structure. Can be faster than RegExpRouter when the number of dynamic segments is very high. Preferred for wildcard patterns.

SmartRouter (Default)

The default router since Hono 4.x. It analyzes the routes and automatically picks between RegExpRouter and TrieRouter. The developer doesn't need to think about the router at all.

typescript

1// SmartRouter is the default — nothing special to specify
2const app = new Hono();
3 
4// Access all routes (for debugging):
5// app.routes.forEach(r => console.log(r.method, r.path));

3. Multi-Runtime Compatibility

Hono's most strategic feature is that the same code runs across multiple runtimes. This is achieved by sticking to the Web Standards API (Fetch API, Request, Response, Headers, URL, URLSearchParams).

Supported runtimes:

Runtime	Entry Point	Note
Cloudflare Workers	`export default app`	Deployed with Wrangler
Deno	`Deno.serve(app.fetch)`	Native HTTP
Bun	`Bun.serve({ fetch: app.fetch })`	Fast startup
Node.js	`serve(app)` (@hono/node-server)	Adapter required
Vercel Edge	`export const GET = handle(app)`	Edge runtime
AWS Lambda	`handle(app)` (@hono/aws-lambda)	Adapter required
Fastly Compute	`app.fire()`	WASM runtime

typescript

1// src/index.ts — runtime-agnostic core
2import { Hono } from 'hono';
3import { cors } from 'hono/cors';
4import { logger } from 'hono/logger';
5import { prettyJSON } from 'hono/pretty-json';
6 
7type Env = {
8  Variables: {
9    userId: string;
10  };
11  Bindings: {
12    DATABASE_URL: string;
13    JWT_SECRET: string;
14  };
15};
16 
17const app = new Hono<Env>();
18 
19app.use('*', logger());
20app.use('/api/*', cors({ origin: ['https://muhittincamdali.com'] }));
21app.use('/api/*', prettyJSON());
22 
23app.get('/api/health', (c) => {
24  return c.json({
25    status: 'ok',
26    runtime: c.env?.DATABASE_URL ? 'cf-workers' : 'local',
27    timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
28  });
29});
30 
31export default app;
32 
33// Cloudflare Workers: this file is enough (export default app)
34// Deno: add Deno.serve(app.fetch)
35// Bun:  add Bun.serve({ fetch: app.fetch })
36// Node: import { serve } from "@hono/node-server"; serve(app);

4. Middleware Ecosystem

Hono's built-in middleware ships under the hono/ prefix. Third-party middleware lives under the @hono/ scope.

Key built-in middleware:

typescript

1import { Hono } from 'hono';
2import { cors } from 'hono/cors';
3import { compress } from 'hono/compress';
4import { cache } from 'hono/cache';
5import { bearerAuth } from 'hono/bearer-auth';
6import { rateLimiter } from 'hono/rate-limiter';
7import { secureHeaders } from 'hono/secure-headers';
8import { timing } from 'hono/timing';
9import { etag } from 'hono/etag';
10 
11const app = new Hono();
12 
13// Security headers (applied to all routes)
14app.use('*', secureHeaders());
15 
16// Response timing (Server-Timing header)
17app.use('*', timing());
18 
19// Gzip/Brotli compression
20app.use('/api/*', compress());
21 
22// ETag cache control
23app.use('/static/*', etag());
24 
25// CDN-level cache (Cloudflare Cache API)
26app.use(
27  '/api/public/*',
28  cache({
29    cacheName: 'hono-public-api',
30    cacheControl: 'public, max-age=3600',
31  })
32);
33 
34// CORS — fine-grained setting
35app.use(
36  '/api/*',
37  cors({
38    origin: (origin) => {
39      const allowed = ['https://muhittincamdali.com', 'https://app.muhittincamdali.com'];
40      return allowed.includes(origin) ? origin : 'https://muhittincamdali.com';
41    },
42    allowMethods: ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS'],
43    allowHeaders: ['Content-Type', 'Authorization'],
44    credentials: true,
45    maxAge: 86400,
46  })
47);
48 
49// Rate limiting (IP-based)
50app.use(
51  '/api/auth/*',
52  rateLimiter({
53    windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
54    limit: 10,
55    keyGenerator: (c) => c.req.header('CF-Connecting-IP') ?? 'unknown',
56    handler: (c) => c.json({ error: 'Too many requests' }, 429),
57  })
58);
59 
60// Custom middleware — JWT verification
61app.use('/api/protected/*', async (c, next) => {
62  const token = c.req.header('Authorization')?.replace('Bearer ', '');
63  if (!token) return c.json({ error: 'Unauthorized' }, 401);
64 
65  try {
66    const { verify } = await import('hono/jwt');
67    const payload = await verify(token, c.env.JWT_SECRET);
68    c.set('userId', payload.sub as string);
69    await next();
70  } catch {
71    return c.json({ error: 'Invalid token' }, 401);
72  }
73});
74 
75export default app;

5. JSX Renderer and SSR

Hono can do server-side rendering with a built-in JSX renderer. React isn't required — Hono's own hono/jsx module converts TSX/JSX into HTML.

typescript

1/** @jsxImportSource hono/jsx */
2import { Hono } from 'hono';
3import { jsxRenderer } from 'hono/jsx-renderer';
4 
5const app = new Hono();
6 
7// Layout renderer
8app.use(
9  '*',
10  jsxRenderer(({ children, title }) => {
11    return (
12      <html lang="tr">
13        <head>
14          <meta charset="UTF-8" />
15          <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
16          <title>{title ?? 'Hono App'}</title>
17          <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/styles.css" />
18        </head>
19        <body>
20          <main>{children}</main>
21        </body>
22      </html>
23    );
24  })
25);
26 
27// SSR page
28app.get('/blog/:slug', async (c) => {
29  const slug = c.req.param('slug');
30  const post = await fetchBlogPost(slug);
31 
32  if (!post) return c.notFound();
33 
34  return c.render(
35    <article>
36      <h1>{post.title}</h1>
37      <time dateTime={post.publishedAt}>{formatDate(post.publishedAt)}</time>
38      <p>{post.summary}</p>
39    </article>,
40    { title: post.title }
41  );
42});
43 
44// Streaming SSR
45app.get('/stream', (c) => {
46  return c.streamText(async (stream) => {
47    await stream.writeln('# Streaming Response');
48    await stream.sleep(100);
49    await stream.writeln('Data chunk 1...');
50    await stream.sleep(100);
51    await stream.writeln('Data chunk 2...');
52  });
53});
54 
55async function fetchBlogPost(slug: string) {
56  // KV or D1 query
57  return slug ? { title: 'Test Post', publishedAt: new Date().toISOString(), summary: 'Content...' } : null;
58}
59 
60function formatDate(iso: string) {
61  return new Date(iso).toLocaleDateString('tr-TR', {
62    year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric',
63  });
64}
65 
66export default app;

Pro Tip: In Hono JSX, all expressions are automatically escaped. If you need to render a string as raw HTML, first clean the content with a sanitizer library (e.g. sanitize-html), then use Hono's html tagged template literal. Never render untrusted input directly.

6. RPC Mode: a Type-Safe Client

One of Hono's most powerful features is RPC mode. Type information for routes defined on the server side is automatically carried over to the client. This gives a developer experience similar to tRPC without requiring an extra schema definition.

typescript

1// server/routes/users.ts
2import { Hono } from 'hono';
3import { zValidator } from '@hono/zod-validator';
4import { z } from 'zod';
5 
6const createUserSchema = z.object({
7  name: z.string().min(2).max(100),
8  email: z.string().email(),
9  role: z.enum(['admin', 'user', 'editor']),
10});
11 
12const usersRoute = new Hono()
13  .get('/', async (c) => {
14    const users = await getUsersFromDB();
15    return c.json({ users, count: users.length });
16  })
17  .get('/:id', async (c) => {
18    const id = c.req.param('id');
19    const user = await getUserById(id);
20    if (!user) return c.json({ error: 'User not found' }, 404);
21    return c.json({ user });
22  })
23  .post('/', zValidator('json', createUserSchema), async (c) => {
24    const data = c.req.valid('json');
25    const user = await createUser(data);
26    return c.json({ user }, 201);
27  })
28  .delete('/:id', async (c) => {
29    await deleteUser(c.req.param('id'));
30    return c.json({ success: true });
31  });
32 
33export type UsersRouteType = typeof usersRoute;
34export default usersRoute;
35 
36// server/index.ts
37import { Hono } from 'hono';
38import usersRoute from './routes/users';
39 
40const app = new Hono().route('/api/users', usersRoute);
41 
42export type AppType = typeof app;
43export default app;
44 
45// client/api.ts — RPC client (browser or another service)
46import { hc } from 'hono/client';
47import type { AppType } from '../server/index';
48 
49const client = hc<AppType>('https://api.muhittincamdali.com');
50 
51// Fully type-safe calls — autocomplete works, type errors are caught at compile time
52async function example() {
53  // GET /api/users
54  const listRes = await client.api.users.$get();
55  const { users } = await listRes.json(); // users: User[] — inferred type
56 
57  // POST /api/users
58  const createRes = await client.api.users.$post({
59    json: {
60      name: 'Muhittin Çamdali',
61      email: '[email protected]',
62      role: 'admin', // "admin" | "user" | "editor" — literal union
63    },
64  });
65 
66  const { user } = await createRes.json(); // user: User — full type
67 
68  // DELETE /api/users/:id
69  await client.api.users[':id'].$delete({ param: { id: user.id } });
70}
71 
72// Stub functions (real implementation lives in the DB layer)
73async function getUsersFromDB() { return [] as Array<{ id: string; name: string; email: string; role: string }>; }
74async function getUserById(_id: string) { return null; }
75async function createUser(data: { name: string; email: string; role: string }) { return { id: crypto.randomUUID(), ...data }; }
76async function deleteUser(_id: string) {}

7. Validator and OpenAPI Integration

Besides Zod, Hono offers other validator options: @hono/valibot-validator, @hono/typebox-validator, @hono/arktype-validator. OpenAPI integration is provided via @hono/zod-openapi.

typescript

1import { OpenAPIHono, createRoute, z } from '@hono/zod-openapi';
2import { swaggerUI } from '@hono/swagger-ui';
3 
4const app = new OpenAPIHono();
5 
6// Route schema — automatically generates the OpenAPI spec
7const getUserRoute = createRoute({
8  method: 'get',
9  path: '/users/{id}',
10  tags: ['Users'],
11  summary: 'Get user',
12  description: 'Returns a single user by ID',
13  request: {
14    params: z.object({
15    }),
16  },
17  responses: {
18    200: {
19      content: {
20        'application/json': {
21          schema: z.object({
22            user: z.object({
23              name: z.string(),
24              email: z.string().email(),
25              createdAt: z.string().datetime(),
26            }),
27          }),
28        },
29      },
30      description: 'User retrieved successfully',
31    },
32    404: {
33      content: {
34        'application/json': {
35          schema: z.object({ error: z.string() }),
36        },
37      },
38      description: 'User not found',
39    },
40  },
41});
42 
43app.openapi(getUserRoute, async (c) => {
44  const { id } = c.req.valid('param'); // id: string (uuid) — type-safe
45  return c.json({
46    user: {
47      id,
48      name: 'Test User',
49      email: '[email protected]',
50      createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
51    },
52  });
53});
54 
55// Swagger UI endpoint
56app.get('/docs', swaggerUI({ url: '/openapi.json' }));
57 
58// OpenAPI JSON spec
59app.doc('/openapi.json', {
60  openapi: '3.0.0',
61  info: {
62    title: 'Portfolio API',
63    version: '1.0.0',
64    description: 'Muhittin Çamdali Portfolio API',
65  },
66  servers: [{ url: 'https://api.muhittincamdali.com', description: 'Production' }],
67});
68 
69export default app;

Pro Tip: When using @hono/zod-openapi, keep schema definitions in a separate schemas/ folder and share the same schema for both route validation and OpenAPI doc generation. This approach eliminates code duplication and guarantees the docs always stay up to date.

8. Testing Strategies

Testing Hono applications is extremely easy because the framework runs on Web Standards. There's no need to spin up a Node.js HTTP server.

typescript

1// src/routes/posts.test.ts
2import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
3import { Hono } from 'hono';
4import postsRoute from './posts';
5 
6describe('Posts API', () => {
7  let app: Hono;
8 
9  beforeEach(() => {
10    app = new Hono().route('/api/posts', postsRoute);
11  });
12 
13  it('GET /api/posts — returns the list', async () => {
14    const res = await app.request('/api/posts');
15    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
16 
17    const body = await res.json();
18    expect(body).toHaveProperty('posts');
19    expect(Array.isArray(body.posts)).toBe(true);
20  });
21 
22  it('POST /api/posts — validation error', async () => {
23    const res = await app.request('/api/posts', {
24      method: 'POST',
25      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
26      body: JSON.stringify({ title: '' }), // Invalid — min length 1
27    });
28 
29    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
30    const body = await res.json();
31    expect(body).toHaveProperty('error');
32  });
33 
34  it('POST /api/posts — successful creation', async () => {
35    const res = await app.request('/api/posts', {
36      method: 'POST',
37      headers: {
38        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
39        Authorization: 'Bearer valid-test-token',
40      },
41      body: JSON.stringify({
42        title: 'Test Post',
43        content: 'Test content...',
44        published: false,
45      }),
46    });
47 
48    expect(res.status).toBe(201);
49    const { post } = await res.json();
50    expect(post.title).toBe('Test Post');
51    expect(post.id).toBeDefined();
52  });
53 
54  it('Middleware — 401 without JWT', async () => {
55    const res = await app.request('/api/posts', { method: 'POST' });
56    expect(res.status).toBe(401);
57  });
58 
59  it('Rate limiting — 429 after threshold', async () => {
60    // Send 10 requests, the 11th should return 429
61    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
62      await app.request('/api/auth/login', {
63        method: 'POST',
64        headers: {
65          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
66          'CF-Connecting-IP': '1.2.3.4',
67        },
68        body: JSON.stringify({ email: '[email protected]', password: 'wrong' }),
69      });
70    }
71 
72    const res = await app.request('/api/auth/login', {
73      method: 'POST',
74      headers: {
75        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
76        'CF-Connecting-IP': '1.2.3.4',
77      },
78      body: JSON.stringify({ email: '[email protected]', password: 'wrong' }),
79    });
80 
81    expect(res.status).toBe(429);
82  });
83});

9. Production Deployment Patterns

Cloudflare Workers (Wrangler)

typescript

1// wrangler.toml — basic configuration
2// name = "portfolio-api"
3// main = "src/index.ts"
4// compatibility_date = "2026-04-01"
5// compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]
6//
7// [vars]
8// ENVIRONMENT = "production"
9//
10// [[kv_namespaces]]
11// binding = "CACHE_KV"
12// id = "xxx"
13//
14// [[d1_databases]]
15// binding = "DB"
16// database_name = "portfolio-db"
17// database_id = "yyy"
18 
19// src/index.ts — Cloudflare Workers entry point
20import { Hono } from 'hono';
21 
22interface CloudflareEnv {
23  CACHE_KV: KVNamespace;
24  DB: D1Database;
25  JWT_SECRET: string;
26  ENVIRONMENT: string;
27}
28 
29const app = new Hono<{ Bindings: CloudflareEnv }>();
30 
31app.get('/api/status', (c) => {
32  return c.json({
33    env: c.env.ENVIRONMENT,
34    timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
35  });
36});
37 
38// D1 database query
39app.get('/api/posts/:id', async (c) => {
40  const id = c.req.param('id');
41  const result = await c.env.DB
42    .prepare('SELECT id, title, slug, published_at FROM posts WHERE id = ? AND published = 1')
43    .bind(id)
44    .first();
45 
46  if (!result) return c.json({ error: 'Not found' }, 404);
47  return c.json({ post: result });
48});
49 
50// KV cache pattern
51app.get('/api/config', async (c) => {
52  const cached = await c.env.CACHE_KV.get('site-config', 'json');
53  if (cached) return c.json(cached);
54 
55  const config = { theme: 'dark', version: '2.0.0' };
56  await c.env.CACHE_KV.put('site-config', JSON.stringify(config), { expirationTtl: 3600 });
57  return c.json(config);
58});
59 
60export default app;
61// Deploy: wrangler deploy
62// Staging: wrangler deploy --env staging

Deno Deploy

typescript

1// main.ts — Deno Deploy entry point
2import { Hono } from 'npm:hono';
3import { cors } from 'npm:hono/cors';
4import { logger } from 'npm:hono/logger';
5 
6const app = new Hono();
7 
8app.use('*', logger());
9app.use('/api/*', cors());
10 
11app.get('/', (c) => c.text('Hono on Deno Deploy!'));
12app.get('/api/ping', (c) => c.json({ pong: true, runtime: 'deno', ts: Date.now() }));
13 
14Deno.serve(app.fetch);
15// Deploy: deno deploy --project=my-project main.ts

Bun Runtime

typescript

1// server.ts — Bun runtime entry point
2import { Hono } from 'hono';
3 
4const app = new Hono();
5app.get('/', (c) => c.text('Hono on Bun!'));
6app.get('/api/ping', (c) => c.json({ pong: true, runtime: 'bun' }));
7 
8const server = Bun.serve({
9  fetch: app.fetch,
10  port: Number(process.env.PORT) || 3000,
11  development: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production',
12});
13 
14console.log(`Bun server running on port ${server.port}`);
15// Run:     bun run server.ts
16// Compile: bun build server.ts --compile --outfile server

10. Comparison with Fastify and Express

Feature	Hono	Fastify	Express
Bundle size	~12KB	~250KB	~200KB
Runtime	Multi (Workers, Deno, Bun, Node)	Node.js only	Node.js only
Req/sec (CF Workers)	~150K	N/A	N/A
Req/sec (Node.js)	~80K	~75K	~35K
TypeScript	Native, zero-config	Plugin required	@types required
Web Standards	Fully compliant	Partial	No
RPC mode	Yes (hono/client)	No	No
OpenAPI	@hono/zod-openapi	@fastify/swagger	express-openapi
Edge deployment	Primary target	Hard	Very hard
Ecosystem maturity	Growing (~2022)	Mature (~2016)	Very mature (~2010)

When to choose Hono:

If you're targeting Cloudflare Workers, Deno Deploy, Bun, or Vercel Edge
If you're following a multi-runtime strategy
If you want a type-safe fullstack via RPC mode while avoiding tRPC's complexity
If bundle size is critical

When to choose Fastify:

A Node.js monolith with no edge migration plan
If you're actively using the Fastify plugin ecosystem (PostgreSQL, Redis, auth)
If the team's experience is on the Express/Fastify side

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File-based routing support is active as of Hono 4.4+. The folder structure automatically becomes routes:

swift

src/routes/
  index.ts            →  GET /
  api/
    users/
      index.ts        →  GET /api/users, POST /api/users
      [id].ts         →  GET /api/users/:id, PUT /api/users/:id
    posts/
      index.ts        →  GET /api/posts
      [slug]/
        comments.ts   →  GET /api/posts/:slug/comments

typescript

// src/app.ts — dynamic routing via glob import (Bun / Vite)
import { Hono } from 'hono';
 
const app = new Hono();
 
// Glob import via Bun or the Vite build tool
const routeModules = import.meta.glob('./routes/**/*.ts', { eager: true });
 
for (const [filePath, module] of Object.entries(routeModules)) {
  const routePath = filePath
    .replace('./routes', '')
    .replace('/index.ts', '')
    .replace('.ts', '')
    .replace(/\[([^\]]+)\]/g, ':$1'); // [id] → :id conversion
 
  const mod = module as { default?: Hono };
  if (mod.default instanceof Hono) {
    app.route(routePath || '/', mod.default);
  }
}
 
export default app;

Conclusion

As of 2026, Hono.js has effectively become the standard of the serverless and edge computing world. A sub-12KB bundle size, ~150K req/sec throughput, native TypeScript support, multi-runtime compatibility, and a tRPC-like RPC mode make Hono ideal both for greenfield projects and for existing applications migrating to Cloudflare Workers.

Zero-config high performance via SmartRouter, automatic API documentation via @hono/zod-openapi, and type-safe frontend integration via hono/client — this trio makes Hono one of the frameworks offering the most efficient backend development experience of 2026.

Sources

Hono.js Official Docs — Official documentation, all adapters
Hono GitHub — Source code, RFCs, migration guides
Cloudflare Workers Docs — Workers runtime reference
Hono Examples Repository — Real-world examples
Bun HTTP Server Docs — Bun runtime integration

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Hono.js: Serverless Web Framework Production Guide 2026

Summary

Table of Contents

1. Why Hono? The Competitive Edge

2. Router Architecture: RegExpRouter, TrieRouter, SmartRouter

RegExpRouter

TrieRouter

SmartRouter (Default)

3. Multi-Runtime Compatibility

4. Middleware Ecosystem

5. JSX Renderer and SSR

6. RPC Mode: a Type-Safe Client

7. Validator and OpenAPI Integration

8. Testing Strategies

9. Production Deployment Patterns

Cloudflare Workers (Wrangler)

Deno Deploy

Bun Runtime

10. Comparison with Fastify and Express

GOLDEN TIP

Easter Egg

Reader Reward

Conclusion

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