Scarf, a company that relied on Haskell for seven years, has decided to migrate away from the language due to significant operational costs, primarily long compilation times and ecosystem friction. Despite acknowledging Haskell's strengths in reliability, type safety, and performance, the team found the developer experience and infrastructure overhead unsustainable for their growth.
Background
Scarf is a platform providing analytics and security for open-source software packages. The author, Avi Press, is a prominent figure in the Haskell community and serves on the board of the Haskell Foundation.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Jul 11, 2026 at 12:48 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10