[Haskell-cafe] How hard is it to start a web startup using Haskell?

[Erik Hesselink]

At Silk [1] we use Haskell for the backend of our web application. The
frontend is Javascript with some functional aspects, and we have a
shallow ruby layer as a website (but not for the actual application).

Erik

[1] http://www.silkapp.com

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:04, Ivan Perez <ivanperezdominguez at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm actually trying to make a list of companies and people using Haskell
> for for-profit real world software development.
>
> I'd like to know the names of those startups, if possible.
>
> -- Ivan
>
> On 18 December 2011 18:42, Michael Snoyman <michael at snoyman.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Gracjan Polak <gracjanpolak at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> The question 'How hard is it to start a technical startup with Haskell?'
>>> happened a couple of times on this list. Sometimes it was in the form 'How hard
>>> is to find Haskell programmers?' or 'Are there any Haskell jobs?'.
>>>
>>> I'd like to provide one data point as an answer:
>>>
>>> http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ngbbp/haskell_only_esigning_startup_closes_second_angel/
>>>
>>> Full disclosure: I'm one of two that founded this startup.
>>>
>>> How are others doing businesses using Haskell doing these days?
>>
>> I don't run a startup myself, but I know of at least three startups
>> using Haskell for web development (through Yesod), and my company is
>> basing its new web products on Yesod as well. I think there are plenty
>> of highly qualified Haskell programmers out there, especially if
>> you're willing to let someone work remotely.
>>
>> Michael
>>
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