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MatthewTheCoder1218
princejs
TypeScript2025–2026
MatthewTheCoder1218 / princejs

princejs

The smallest backend framework and among the top three in the world.

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What it is

The smallest backend framework and among the top three in the world.

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 7:02:26 AM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week9 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2025-11-10 18:46:30 UTC to 2026-01-17 19:17:00 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

02462025-11-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-11-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsNov 102025-11-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-11-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 3 submissions, 3 comments2025-11-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-12-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsDec 82025-12-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-12-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-12-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsJan 12

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Nov 102025-11-10 00:00:00 UTC2025-11-17 00:00:00 UTC110
Nov 172025-11-17 00:00:00 UTC2025-11-24 00:00:00 UTC633
Nov 242025-11-24 00:00:00 UTC2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC110
Dec 12025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-12-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 82025-12-08 00:00:00 UTC2025-12-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 152025-12-15 00:00:00 UTC2025-12-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 222025-12-22 00:00:00 UTC2025-12-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 292025-12-29 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-05 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 52026-01-05 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-12 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 122026-01-12 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-19 00:00:00 UTC110

What Hacker News says

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lilprince1218·Nov 10, 2025Submission

Show HN: Princejs – <10 kB Bun framework by a 13-year-old Nigerian, beats Hono

Hey HN, I’m Matthew — 13 years old, from Nigeria 24 hours ago I published princejs — a tiny Bun-native web framework I built in 3 days on my school Windows laptop. Real 30-second autocannon benchmarks (same route, same machine): - princejs → 256,000 requests (8,526 req/sec) - Hono → 241,000 - Elysia → 286,000 (still fastest but 2 MB+ unpacked) princejs beats Hono by 6%, is only ~10% behind Elysia, and is *200× smaller* (10 kB total, 178 lines of code, zero deps). Website + docs: https://princejs.vercel.app npm: npm i princejs I’m just a kid with a school laptop and a dream. Would love your feedback!
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