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Copilot AI commented Dec 27, 2025

Translates the Puffin JavaScript/Electron application (~33K LoC) to Haskell, providing a type-safe terminal UI implementation with compile-time guarantees.

Implementation

Core Modules (811 LoC total)

  • Models.hs - ADTs for ClaudeModel, ProjectConfig, Prompt, UserStory with automatic JSON serialization
  • State.hs - Pure functional state management with lens-based updates
  • ClaudeService.hs - Process spawning and streaming response handling
  • GitService.hs - Git operations with Either error handling
  • UI.hs - Terminal UI using Brick library (5 views: Project, Prompt, Backlog, Architecture, Git)

Type Safety Example

JavaScript (runtime error):

const prompt = { status: 'complted', model: 'gpt-4' }  // Typos fail at runtime

Haskell (compile-time error):

data PromptStatus = Idle | Composing | Submitted | Streaming | Completed
data ClaudeModel = Opus | Sonnet | Haiku
-- Invalid values won't compile

Build System

  • Cabal-based with all dependencies resolved
  • Hspec test suite (3/3 passing)
  • Stack configuration for alternative workflow

Documentation

  • puffin-hs/README.md - Usage and architecture
  • HASKELL_TRANSLATION.md - Translation comparison and rationale
  • puffin-hs/PROJECT_SUMMARY.md - Complete metrics and implementation details

Characteristics

Metric JavaScript Haskell
Code Size 33K LoC 811 LoC
Binary ~200MB ~15-30MB
Memory ~100MB ~5-10MB
Safety Runtime Compile-time

Both implementations maintain the same workflow and .puffin/ directory format for data compatibility.

Original prompt

Translate the project to Haskell


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Copilot AI and others added 3 commits December 27, 2025 16:13
Co-authored-by: roehst <21047691+roehst@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: roehst <21047691+roehst@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: roehst <21047691+roehst@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Translate project to Haskell Add Haskell translation of Puffin project Dec 27, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from roehst December 27, 2025 16:18
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