# Jacquard programming language

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Jacquard programming language and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its design around AI-written, human-reviewed code, with effects and permissions annotated in the type system. Critics say it needs clearer guidelines and question whether it delivers on its claims.

## Why people recommend it

- Effects and permissions annotated (2 comments): "I like that you're including other side effects (e.g. network) there too though, that's pretty cool!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48899652)) "this is the first language I've seen that has effects/permissions annotated" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48902414))

## What people warn about

- Unclear examples and guidelines (2 comments): "I don't understand the code in the examples after simply reading it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48902314)) "This system does not demonstrate this. It needs clear guidelines" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48905257))
- Claims not fully implemented (2 comments): "This system does not demonstrate this. It needs clear guidelines" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48905257)) "it doesn't look like it properly implemented those" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48902880))
- Better suited to OS or libraries (1 comments): "This feels like more of an OS problem (or library problem) than a language problem." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48899094))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Rust](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rust.md): 2039 recommend
- [Go](https://hackerapproved.com/p/go-programming-language.md): 1254 recommend
- [Python](https://hackerapproved.com/p/python.md): 1067 recommend
- [Zig](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zig.md): 743 recommend
- [TypeScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/typescript.md): 574 recommend

## Cite as

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