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by xiphias 3770 days ago
I think the problem with Haskell is that you need to be on the advanced level to be able to write a web app. Every beginner PHP coder can throw a website together, it shouldn't be harder than that in a higher level language, but it still is.
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Ah no, the more advanced frameworks have better marketing and more bling to offer. Scotty is quite usable for someone that knows the basics, much like Sinatra.

Our coverage is less based on hard necessity and more on "what are they likely to want to do". Haskell just isn't as flat as other language ecosystems. Tons of people exploring how to do things better but there's a perfectly pleasant, conservative core of libraries you can use.