Sky programming language
Shares rank 82 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
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.
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.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 74%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Compiles to Go in useful ways
“Sky seems quite cool, as it's additive to Go in interesting ways.”
Comment from 6 Apr 2026 in “Sky – an Elm-inspired language that compiles to Go” “Compiling to Go is a great idea.”
Comment from 6 Apr 2026 in “Sky – an Elm-inspired language that compiles to Go”
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See all 163 programming languages, rankedWhat people said
11 of the 19 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Sky is really my serious take to bring 1 language for full stack application”
“seems to rely on long polling”
“as soon as you add more, it stops working”
“Compiling to Go is a great idea.”
“the vibe-coded implementation sure shows”
“Sky seems quite cool, as it's additive to Go in interesting ways.”
“A bit too bleeding edge for me, but it does look super nice”
“it left a bad taste in the mouth”
“has a terrible terrible user experience”
“Until recently watching HBO in the UK and Europe was not easy unless you're prepared to watch it on Sky”
“the superior Sky Q satellite service”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.