Dev tried to convince coworkers to rewrite codebase in Haskell — and got fired
JFPuget · x · 2026-11-13
@vikhyatk tweeted that he tried to convince his coworkers to rewrite the company codebase in Haskell — and got fired, and is now looking for new employment opportunities.
The tweet got passed around with the joke "I thought Haskell had no side effects" — turns out one side effect is losing your job.
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