# Sky programming language

14 Hacker News commenters recommended Sky programming language and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Elm-inspired language that compiles to Go, valued for adding useful features to Go and for aiming at one language across full-stack apps. Critics call it bleeding edge.

## Why people recommend it

- Compiles to Go in useful ways (2 comments): "Sky seems quite cool, as it's additive to Go in interesting ways." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47666375)) "Compiling to Go is a great idea." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47668634))

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