Alistair Smith

I work at Anthropic on Bun and Claude Code.

I'm interested in language specifications and type systems. I've been called a TypeScript wizard at least a few times. It's nice to meet you.

Currently in San Francisco, CA.

writing

  1. Single file apps with Gleam and Bun · Aug 2026
  2. Ambient Declarations · May 2025
  3. A strict TSConfig · Sept 2022
  4. Avoiding homework with code (and getting caught) · Jan 2022
  5. The 0kb Next.js blog · Jan 2022
  6. Serverless Discord OAuth with Next.js · Jan 2022