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Haskell In Production

What's this blog post about?

The text discusses the reasons why Haskell was chosen as the core programming language to build the Hasura platform, and aims to convince readers of its benefits in production. Despite having a steep learning curve, Haskell offers rapid development of robust, concise, and correct software with strong support for integration with other languages, built-in concurrency and parallelism, debuggers, profilers, rich libraries, and an active community. The author shares their experience using Haskell in production projects, highlighting the benefits such as improved code quality, faster development cycles, and easier maintenance. They also address some common challenges faced by beginners, including type errors, documentation issues, and language extensions. Overall, the text emphasizes the satisfaction and enjoyment of programming with Haskell, making it a worthwhile choice for developers.

Company
Hasura

Date published
Dec. 23, 2016

Author(s)
Hasura

Word count
1272

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


By Matt Makai. 2021-2024.