[awesomekling]

Oliver (the main developer) just announced that they’re going to work full time on Porffor: https://x.com/canadahonk/status/1818347311417938237

[simlevesque]

Financed by defunkt[1], GitHub cofounder and ex CEO, for an undisclosed future project.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=defunkt

[pityJuke]

Also funded the Ladybird browser recently. Seems to like his web.

[katspaugh]

Given that defunkt's current project is a game engine/IDE, makes sense he's interested in an ultra-fast compiler for a popular language that builds compact sub-MB native executables...