5 Years and $5M Later: Inventing a New Programming Language for Web Development Was a Mistake

2026-05-14

The co-founder of Wasp reflects on the decision to build a custom programming language for web development, concluding that it was a mistake due to huge friction with developer adoption and the high cost of maintaining custom IDE tooling. As a result, the framework is transitioning to a TypeScript-based SDK to provide a more familiar interface.