Scarf has moved away from Haskell
4 hours ago
- #AI development
- #Haskell
- #Programming languages
- Scarf moved from Haskell to Python due to AI changing development economics, making compile times and ecosystem friction significant bottlenecks.
- AI allows faster code generation, but Haskell's long compilation cycles hinder rapid feedback, especially in parallel AI-assisted workflows.
- The shift enabled faster development cycles, improved test coverage, and quicker hotfixes, with no noticeable loss from reduced type safety.
- Haskell faces stagnation risk if it doesn't adapt to AI by optimizing for fast builds, documentation, and agent-friendly tooling.