# Acadia

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Acadia and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Elm-inspired language for SQLite and PostgreSQL that people praise for its enjoyable ergonomics and symbolic evaluation, though critics doubt it improves enough on SQL and worry about its licensing.

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Acadia", https://hackerapproved.com/p/acadia/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).