Ask HN: What happened to interest in FP recently?

Re:Ask HN: What happened to interest in FP recently? by whateveracct on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @09:04AM (#35453456)

I think a lot of Haskellers just got tired of arguing. I know I do so way less than back then. But I am writing Haskell more than ever nowadays (even at my dayjob!)

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Re:Ask HN: What happened to interest in FP recently? by anthonyhn on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:48PM (#35462124)

If you don't mind me asking, what do you use Haskell for at work? Also was the company using Haskell before, or did you bring Haskell to the job? It's always fascinating hearing stories about people using less common languages like Common Lisp or Haskell on the job!

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Re:Ask HN: What happened to interest in FP recently? by whateveracct on Friday April 07, 2023 @01:44AM (#35478468)

I've only ever joined Haskell companies (although I did use it for a startup of my own once!)

I would generally categorize what I do as "backend engineering." The domains have been all over the place. Crypto, fintech, adtech, data engineering, SaaS, infra automation. Lots of Postgres and a bunch of other tech (Redis, Kafka, other KV stores).

The places end up finding me (usually through LinkedIn where I make very clear that Haskell is what I'm about).

It's been fun! I've met a lot of nice people, and I got paid to climb way over the Haskell learning curve. Can't complain :)

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