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> Functional languages are great toys but nobody uses them to get work done, almost without exception. I run my own businesses on functional programming langua
by yakshaving_jgt 8y ago
> Functional languages are great toys but nobody uses them to get work done, almost without exception.
I run my own businesses on functional programming languages (Haskell and Elm) almost exclusively.
100% of my income comes from the three software products I own, all primarily written in Haskell.
You're displaying a pretty amazing level of ignorance here.
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- fsloth 8y agoThat sounds really interesting! What's the market/domain of your software product?
- yakshaving_jgt 8y agoI'd say the products themselves are fairly uninteresting :) NewBusinessMonitor[0] is a tool for marketing your products/services to businesses in the UK. This company is a bootstrapped SaaS, built and run by just me. It's been taking money for over a year. Comparestack[1] is a price comparison platform. Our first product is Moneygains[2] — a way for residents of Northern Ireland to switch to a better deal on their home electricity. I'm building this with a partner — he's taking care of all the business stuff. I have a third in the reinsurance space, and it has taken funding. I'm not going to talk about this one so much for the time being — it's still in stealth mode. [0]: https://newbusinessmonitor.co.uk/ https://newbusinessmonitor.co.uk/ [1]: https://comparestack.com/ https://comparestack.com/ [2]: https://moneygains.co.uk/ https://moneygains.co.uk/
- luuio 8y agoThis is a good example of survivor bias.