The short version
ESP32 programming language; a repeat user praises its clean syntax and working tools.
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Toit
ESP32 programming language; a repeat user praises its clean syntax and working tools.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-11-04
Last seen:2026-11-04
Times seen:1
Website:toit.io
Why it caught our attention
Concrete project experience supports the praise, with a disclosed family connection to a developer.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-11-04
“I have used toit in a lot of my projects. It is a really nice language and so much cleaner than all the alternatives I have tried (Arduino, Python, Lua). The tools just work and I got used to the language really quickly. I did hate that it was bytecode. It just felt wrong to run bytecode on an ESP32. OTOH it just works, and I have never noticed any performance problems. My latest project is a controller for a slave-clock: https://gitlab.com/close2/nebenuhr-toit (There is also a Garmin repository that allows me to control the clock using my Garmin watch.) Full disclosure: I had to use toit (floitsch is my brother), but it really is a nice language and development environment.”
close2 · recommendation · first hand use
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Toit v2.0.0