Haskell's Shifting Value in the AI Era
satnam6502 · x · 2026-07-12
The author enjoys using LLMs for personal Haskell projects, but relates more to Avi's article because it focuses on large-scale software engineering rather than solo development.
Core takeaways from the article:
- Avi explains why he transitioned some new company code from Haskell to Python.
- In the AI era, the relative value of Haskell's type system has decreased.
- The penalty of slower build times is more prominent than before.
- The author poses a counterfactual: if they had switched to Lean, could they have kept Haskell's benefits while getting an engineering experience better suited for the AI era?
They also note how hard it is to have truly detailed discussions about these topics on Twitter.
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