gleam

Gleam, a type-safe programming language, has mirrored its source code on tangled, a forge built on the AT Protocol.

This article demonstrates how to use continuations in the Gleam programming language to abstract over different computational effects like error handling and async, enabling reusable business logic.

A Gleam core team member improved the language's pretty printer performance by replacing boxed documents with arena-allocated references, reducing peak memory usage by 10% and closing a three-year-old issue.

The lightning talks at Gleam Gathering 2026 covered OpenTelemetry instrumentation, Luster HTML vs SPA, a receipt printer DSL, a humorous build process for a native backend, and Minecraft data generation, showcasing practical tools and experimental projects in the Gleam ecosystem.

Armadillo is a self-hosted DNS server written in Gleam for homelab use. It checks local records first and forwards unknown queries to an upstream resolver, with a configurable zone file and ETS caching.

A blog post detailing the author's experience learning Lustre, a type-safe functional frontend framework for Gleam, focusing on its Model-View-Update architecture and benefits for building web applications.

Gleam language creator Louie deeply explains the core concepts of OTP, and how Gleam works with OTP in a type-safe manner, achieving fully compatible inter-process communication and supervisor building blocks with Erlang/Elixir.

Gleam is a deliberately concise functional programming language that enhances readability and developer experience by reducing keywords and avoiding repetitions. Its design philosophy is 'less is more'.

Gleam v1.17.0 introduces the `gleam export escript` command for creating single-file BEAM programs, highlight references in the language server, and constant `todo` expressions. The first Gleam Gathering conference videos are also released.

Introduces five major reasons to learn the Gleam programming language (cross-platform, type safety, concise design, functional paradigm, active ecosystem) along with practical introductory resources, from an official website tour to Exercism.

EYG CLI receives new commands (eval, check, script, shell), flags, pretty printing via the glam library, improved error output, easier installation, and new effects like DeleteFile, Env, Hash, Now, Random, Sleep. New guides are also published.

At Gleam Gathering 2026, Rob Durst shared how he rewrote a YAML-to-Terraform configuration tool as a compiler using Gleam, and how he came to appreciate the power of type-driven design and the decoder pattern.

Gleam core team shared personal stories, plans for 2026, how to maintain a friendly community atmosphere, and views on AI coding tools at the 2026 Gathering.

A developer shares their GitHub Actions setup for testing a Gleam monorepo with separate BEAM and JavaScript runtimes, using matrix strategies and strict formatting checks.