Presentations

• Posted by Bryan O'Sullivan  on  Dec 06, 2012
  Taking Time Seriously

  Bryan O'Sullivan introduces some of the technologies pioneered in the Haskell community to streamline software development and reduce operational costs, while producing beautiful code.

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• Posted by Evan Czaplicki  on  Nov 28, 2012
  Elm: Making the Web Functional

  Evan Czaplicki introduces Elm, a functional reacting programming language meant to replace HTML/CSS/JavaScript, optimized for creating web GUIs, supporting complex user input and avoiding callbacks.

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  on  Nov 28, 2012

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• Posted by Mike Williams  on  Nov 28, 2012
  Small is Beautiful

  Mike Williams discusses large vs. small software development teams, concluding that smaller teams are better suited for most cases.

  Mike Williams

  on  Nov 28, 2012

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• Posted by Brian McKenna  on  Nov 22, 2012
  Roy

  Brian McKenna introduces Roy, a functional JavaScript variant implementing type inference, structural typing, sum types, meta-programming, whitespace-aware syntax, monads and pattern matching.

  Brian McKenna

  on  Nov 22, 2012

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• Posted by Richard Carlsson  on  Nov 20, 2012
  Metaprogramming for the Masses

  Richard Carlsson introduces and demoes a library for using template strings with meta-variables. The library was used at Klarna to implement a DSL for business logic.

  Richard Carlsson

  on  Nov 20, 2012

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• Posted by Jonas Bonér  on  Nov 15, 2012
  Scaling Software with Akka

  Jonas Bonér explains solving scalability issues, including adaptive automatic load-balancing, cluster rebalancing, replication and partitioning, with Akka 2.

  Jonas Bonér

  on  Nov 15, 2012

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• Posted by Erik Happi Stenman  on  Nov 14, 2012
  Erlang Scales … Do You?

  Erik Happi Stenman discusses 4 scalability basic requirements: the right business model, the right technology, the right people, and the right (amount of) process.

  Erik Happi Stenman

  on  Nov 14, 2012

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• Posted by Amanda Laucher  on  Nov 13, 2012
  Types vs. Tests: An Epic Battle?

  Amanda Laucher and Paul Snively debate solving problems through types and tests using different approaches.

  Amanda Laucher Paul Snively

  on  Nov 13, 2012

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• Posted by Jim Weirich  on  Nov 01, 2012
  Y Not? - Adventures in Functional Programming

  Jim Weirich uses Y-Combinator as a tool to explain the nature of functional programming.

  Jim Weirich

  on  Nov 01, 2012

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• Posted by Andy Gross  on  Oct 29, 2012
  Building Cloud Services with Riak

  Andy Gross reports on how Basho used Riak and Erlang to build their cloud storage service.

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  on  Oct 29, 2012

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• Posted by Pavlo Baron  on  Oct 16, 2012
  What Can Be Done with Java but Should Better Be Done with Erlang

  Pavlo Baron presents code samples when in his opinion Erlang is a better fit than Java.

  Pavlo Baron

  on  Oct 16, 2012

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• Posted by Phil Toland  on  Oct 02, 2012
  Polyglot Parallelism: A Case Study in Using Erlang and Ruby at Rackspace

  Phil Toland discusses using Erlang and Ruby providing backup for 20k network devices running in 8 datacenters across 3 continents for Rackspace’s operations.

  Phil Toland

  on  Oct 02, 2012

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