JSON Parser 100% From Scratch in Haskell (only 111 lines)

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a hands-on way to understand Haskell and parser combinators by watching a parser get built live.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Tsoding

Topic

haskell parser combinators

Format

tutorial

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Agreed! I've been trying to learn haskell for a long time, and this guy writes a json parser live, giving his intuition along the way. It's helped me immensely. [VIDEO]

• I have recently discovered [tsoding twitch channel]( [LINK] ) which describes itself as Recreational programming. The topics range from webassembly and Game development to functional programming in haskell and ocaml. Some of the interesting random things I found there include: * [a parser combinator in …

• Nice to see Tsoding on the front page. He has another great video that covers a bunch of topics while making a JSON parser with only the Haskell standard library: [VIDEO]