I'm working on the Hachi programming language (https://hdev.run).

It started a few years back. I wanted to modernize some C/C++ stuff (specific use cases, long story) and do some easy interop. And I didn't find exactly what I wanted, so I just built it. Additionally, creating a language means I get to express things the way *I* want to, and not be bounded to someone else's way of doing it, no matter how good. And over time, I started to consume features I like from other languages.

Initially, this was 100% *only* for me, and me alone. But I released it publicly later that year since I realized that maybe someone could get some use out of it. And most (if not all) of the things I work on aren't public, so figured it'd be an interesting experience to let it see some sunlight.

Hachi is in fact used for actual work, and is currently at v0.5. Not only do I use it for making tools, but I've also replaced just about all of the bash and python scripting I'd otherwise normally do with Hachi instead.

I make quite regular edits to the compiler and core lib modules, however the documents do lag behind slightly (I'm just one dude).

Anyways, this is my favorite passion project and I do plan to be at it for a long time, and now I want to share it with the HN community here!