# Flix programming language

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Flix programming language and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Flix as a language that embeds Datalog queries directly, and as a close successor to Scala with notable work on effects.

## Why people recommend it

- Embeds Datalog in a general-purpose language (2 comments): "If you want to see what it looks like when you actually embed Datalog in your language, have a look at Flix" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46530425)) "is an embedded Datalog DB and query in a general-purpose programming language" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45902735))

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## Cite as

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