I’m Michael Snoyman, the founder of the Yesod Web Framework for

Haskell, and maintainer of a number of the Haskell community’s open

source packages. For the past four years, I’ve been working towards

the goal of improving the Haskell toolset to make it ready for

commercial-grade usage.

FP Complete’s vision closely matches what I’ve been striving

for, so we have decided to join forces. I am happy to announce that

I am now Lead Software Engineer at FP Complete. Like so many other

developers, I’ve found Haskell to be the most productive and robust

development language I’ve used. I’m excited to be working with a

company which is driving Haskell’s broader adoption.

This move reconfirms my commitment to the Haskell open source

community. FP Complete’s approach includes a very strong

interaction with and support for the community, and I will be

continuing in my role as leader of the Yesod Web Framework, and

expect to have even greater opportunities to contribute back with

the company’s explicit support.

Recent news stories have reminded us that the world urgently

needs a more reliable and productive way to build and maintain

software. Haskell provides exactly the right core technology to

make this happen, and FP Complete is committed to it.

We have a number of very exciting ideas on the table right now,

and are working hard to bring them to fruition. As we make more

developments over the next few months, I’m looking forward to

sharing them with both the existing Haskell community, and giving

the not-yet Haskell community an opportunity to join us.

I’ve waited years for a company to show up that understands the

power and quality of the Haskell community and technology, and that

is as committed to Haskell’s success as I am. That has finally

happened. I’m excited to continue our work together.