Wyzer programming language
Shares rank 62 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
Praised for ambitious goals and a clear, conservative syntax that avoids trendy features. Critics agree the documentation is thin, hard to navigate, and missing explanations.
Praised for ambitious goals and a clear, conservative syntax that avoids trendy features. Critics agree the documentation is thin, hard to navigate, and missing explanations.
29 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 20
- criticize it
- 9
- approval share
- 69%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 20 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 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
Clear, conservative, promising syntax
“the syntax is very generic and conservative. I'm extremely positive about that”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Wyzer Programming Language” “The syntax is soooo promising but still we need more documentation.”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Wyzer Programming Language” “This is clear and concise.”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Wyzer Programming Language” Promising project worth following
“overall your work seems like a cool thing that i'd like to look at in a few months”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Wyzer Programming Language” “Looks promising, let's see into what this evolves”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Wyzer Programming Language”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Docs and README missing key explanations
“The docs link for for Wyzer give a 404 for https://wyzer-lang.vercel.app/docs/overview/01_introduction/”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Choral: Choreographic Programming for Java” “What is hard is guessing which of the random markdown documents to click to find an example.”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Wyzer Programming Language” “constants are declared with const or with let unless it is let mut which isn’t described”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Wyzer Programming Language” - Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Wyzer Programming Language”
- Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Wyzer Programming Language”
- Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Wyzer Programming Language”
- Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Wyzer Programming Language”
- Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Wyzer Programming Language”
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26 of the 30 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“was just completely generated and largely nonsensical”
“The docs link for for Wyzer give a 404 for https://wyzer-lang.vercel.app/docs/overview/01_introduction/”
“I like idea about removing too many ways to do something.”
“I'm not sure I like this;”
“constants are declared with const or with let unless it is let mut which isn’t described”
“This is clear and concise.”
“The choreography stuff is actually really cool!”
“They did the right thing highlighting a working example front and center.”
“your README could be much better”
“The website on mobile is basically unusable. I like the general theme though”
“I don't find this to be a very interesting example of the language.”
“Too bad the github readme doesn't explain how the choreographic side of Wyzer works”
“Memory safety beyond Rust with simpler code is a strong claim.”
“The fact that the author is 14 years old makes my day.”
“Should've followed Zig's direction for error handling”
“Looks promising, let's see into what this evolves”
“I think there are two rules in here and they pull against each other.”
“But why !? You know what'd be cool? If we started supporting control statements that were a bit more sophisticated!”
“I love the ambition and the fact that this is not just another "state of the art in 2015" language”
“Needs more examples/explanation of how that works.”
“The syntax is soooo promising but still we need more documentation.”
“overall your work seems like a cool thing that i'd like to look at in a few months”
“don't tell me something is the star, and then hide it away”
“What is hard is guessing which of the random markdown documents to click to find an example.”
“the syntax is very generic and conservative. I'm extremely positive about that”
“Your README and docs don’t describe any of the interesting or unique things here.”
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