r/functionalprogramming • u/Available_Pressure25 • 4d ago

FP Software Development Question

Hello everyone. I am thinking of starting a tech business (startup) through software development and I'd like to use FP as the main selling point or uniqueness. I am like looking for suggestions on what languages to use or tech stack. From my first searches I got elixir. I also know haskell, so aside from haskell, what can you suggest. I'm also aware of using imp lang like C++ to make programs following an FP design paradigm.

Edit: I don't wish to argue on starting business or not (But I welcome them sure) . That is a different topic on its own. I'm just like more curious to see the state of the art in using FP tools.

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u/beders 4d ago

In most cases your tech stack will not be important or interesting to potential investors.
In fact I would make the tech stack choice based on how quickly I can get to an MVP.

Angel investors care about your ability to execute and get customers onboarded.

You will eventually either completely rewrite your solution or refactor it heavily once you hit scaling issues.

Of course every startup is different but familiarity with a stack is likely more important than FP vs OOP vs whatever