Josh Derocher-Vlk

ReScript contributor, pathfinder 2 fan, and dad of 2 kids.

[Josh Derocher-Vlk @TheJoshDerocher]

I poured through the corners of the internet to find past pain points found in ReScript and wrote down how many of these things are now solved or changed for the better!

#rescript

https://t.co/VfG7U5s0xP

[Roland Peelen @rolandpeelen]

@garybernhardt Have you tried Rescript? 👀

[Josh Derocher-Vlk @TheJoshDerocher]

@speech_ka_ @lowkeshh @valigo This is a known pain point and is actively being worked on!

https://t.co/F5Isu2DO9J

[ಠ_⁠ಠ @lowkeshh]

@valigo World if people could move over to better things like Elm, ReScript, etc instead of TypeScipt but even a huge portion of devs don't know they exist.

[shams @AMR_SHAMS07]

rewriting my profile using ocaml and ReScript.
should be fun i guess

[Josh Derocher-Vlk @TheJoshDerocher]

@TriforceKid7 @_joshburgess @rvcas There's been a lot of effort to make ReScript work better with more frameworks, even ones that aren't React based. There's even a few native ReScript frameworks now.

What were the pain points you had?

[Josh Derocher-Vlk @TheJoshDerocher]

@ThisIsJackEvans @ibuildthecloud ReScript is alive and growing! https://t.co/SJQHEHheLr

[Josh Derocher-Vlk @TheJoshDerocher]

@realbennyjamins @ChShersh ReScript is the answer to most of the issues in web development in 2026.

[Josh Derocher-Vlk @TheJoshDerocher]

The ReScript team is cooking up some awesome stuff!

[ReScript @rescriptlang]

What happened at the latest ReScript Retreat?

Check out our latest blog post to learn more:
https://t.co/CX4cA3Bmdu

[Josh Derocher-Vlk @TheJoshDerocher]

@leostera Zigcaml?

[Josh Derocher-Vlk @TheJoshDerocher]

Oh hey, I'm in this picture!

[ReScript @rescriptlang]

This year's retreat was a huge success!

For 3 days, our contributors had time to connect, work on their agentic ReScript ideas, push forward big new syntax features, do talks, and most importantly, have a traditional Schnitzel dinner.

Already looking forward to Retreat 2027!

[Ricky Vetter @rickyvetter]

@rescriptlang has been doing awesome work for years, building a joyful experience for web apps in a typed language. Jane Street can’t directly use ReScript for compatibility reasons, but I’m so excited that we get to spend some time together and share ideas with this community.

[ReScript @rescriptlang]

We are live!

https://t.co/4rhtj1fbFq

[ben 🌴 @realbennyjamins]

@The_MrX_ Not being typescript is enough for me 🤣

Gleam/rescript are functional languages, so they tend to be different, not necessarily better.

[ben 🌴 @realbennyjamins]

Gleam is such a wonderfully pleasant language.

However, ReScript is a better JavaScript.

I've been building my side project in ReScript for a few months now and I can officially say I'm way past the honeymoon phase.

To the point where I'm very annoyed by it at times... but it keeps me in check.

I want to ship things fast, but the language knows damn well that I need to handle my nulls 🤠. Yeah, every Option.getExn was a mistake. They were right and I was wrong 🤣

I can tell you with 100% confidence:
ReScript is a better JavaScript. If I didn't use it on xpen, it would have never been a stable software project where I can fearlessly ship code.

But I'll be damned if I didn't say that gleam feel much nicer 🥰

[Aaron Abrams @boujeepossum]

I know i'm late to the party. I just started using @rescriptlang and whoa. Why is it not the most popular front end language yet?

[Josh Derocher-Vlk @TheJoshDerocher]

@lynxluna @txtdarisugab @__r17x We have less time to spend programming and we like languages that allow us to move fast and not break things.

[Josh Derocher-Vlk @TheJoshDerocher]

@__r17x @mikehostetler The next version is here! https://t.co/AcJsAhitgt

[Josh Derocher-Vlk @TheJoshDerocher]

@heftymouse It looks pretty awesome! The language steers you towards using variant types and pattern matching, which makes it easy for larger codebases to stay consistent.

[Josh Derocher-Vlk @TheJoshDerocher]

@Nazookers Yes!

[Dead Code @DeadCodePod]

ReScript doesn’t just help you write better code—it changes how you think about it.

Josh Vlk joined Dead Code to talk about how it pushes developers toward cleaner logic, safer state management, and refactoring without fear.