Debunking Haskell Myths and Stereotypes

An explanation debunking common myths and stereotypes about Haskell, such as needing a PhD or it only being useful for compilers.

Hate watching videos? Check out the complementary article, which covers the same content: dev.to/zelenya/debunking-haskell-myths-and-stereotypes-1e04 Haskell is covered with myths and stereotypes, such as “You need a PhD to do Haskell” or “Haskell is only good for writing compilers”. These are silly and not true. Let’s debunk most common ones. 💡 Relevant content * Why are FP devs obsessed with Referential Transparency: youtube.com/watch?v=UsaduCPLiKc * Debunking Haskell Myth: “Tooling Issue”: youtube.com/watch?v=c7FncTzvpUQ 💡 References and links * IHP web framework: ihp.digitallyinduced.com/ * Yesod web framework: yesodweb.com/ * Servant library: docs.servant.dev/en/stable/ * State of the Haskell ecosystem: github.com/Gabriella439/post-rfc/blob/main/sotu.md * A List of companies that use Haskell: github.com/erkmos/haskell-companies * Haskell in production: serokell.io/blog/haskell-in-production * Haskell in Enterprise: serokell.io/blog/haskell-in-enterprise-interview-with-rob-ha… * High-Performance Haskell: reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/11ielep/highperformance_haskel… * What I love about the Haskell community: discourse.haskell.org/t/what-i-love-about-the-haskell-commun… #fp #haskell Subscribe to Impure Pics: bit.ly/impure-youtube *More Impure Pics* 🐣 twitter.com/impurepics 📦 impurepics.com 👕 merch.impurepics.com *Functional Alphabet book* 📗 Softcover: bit.ly/fp-abc-soft-cover 📘 Hardcover: bit.ly/fp-abc-hard-cover *Watch more Impure Pics* youtube.com/watch?v=c7FncTzvpUQ&list=UULF9-egQYdpElHtvVM-t9q… *About Impure Pics* FP Advocat. Distilling functional programming for the good of all Get in touch: zelenya.com 0:00 Speed-run 0:29 Haskell is only for academics 1:49 You need to know category theory 2:51 You have to learn about monads ASAP 4:08 You can’t do anything “useful” cause there are no side-effects 5:21 Haskell isn’t suitable for web development 6:42 There are no libraries 7:34 The Haskell tooling is very bad 8:02 Performance is very bad 9:01 Toxic / ivory-tower community