Try Gleam

On Hacker News

Points: 11
Comments: 2
Submitted by: nchagnet
Posted: Nov 9, 2026
Site: nchagnet.eu

Story details from Hacker News ↗ · linked article on nchagnet.eu.

Trending history

Try Gleam was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 9, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 19 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #13 of 30, reached on Nov 9, 20:24 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 9, 21:39 UTC. The same link also trended on Lobsters, which raises its cross-platform score.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

13

Oct 28today

Metric history

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Where it trended

List	Best	Days	Checks	Last seen
Hacker News · Front page	#13	1	19	Nov 9, 21:39 UTC
Lobsters · Hottest You should try Gleam	same link

From the discussion

A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.

Naive question: why do we care about programming languages when we no longer read programming languages directly? Shouldn't we either design languages optimized for LLMs? (needs fewer tokens, easier for bots to process, easier to machine verify, not sure what else)
— micbas · view comment

I wrote this to show my appreciation of this small-ish but beautiful language.
— nchagnet · view comment

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Hacker News 1 day, best #13

Nov 9 #13 Week 46 November 2026

Questions

Is Try Gleam trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 9, 21:39 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank Try Gleam reached?

#13 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 9, 20:24 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has Try Gleam been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 9, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (19 checks) since.