A Decision Maker's Guide to Typed Functional Languages • Evan Czaplicki • GOTO 2024

Evan Czaplicki evaluates typed functional languages from a business perspective, highlighting the advantages gained by companies using them.

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2024. #GOTOcon #GOTOcph gotocph.com Evan Czaplicki - Creator & Developer of Elm @EvanCzaplicki RESOURCES twitter.com/evancz github.com/evancz Links elm-lang.org janestreet.com/tech-talks/jane-and-compiler ABSTRACT Why are companies quietly using languages like Elm, OCaml, and Haskell? No development department gets in trouble for going with industry standard languages, but that also means there is sometimes space to gain a considerable advantage over your competetion through language selection. Drawing from notable success stories like Jane Street, Standard Chartered, Corvus, and Vendr, we will evaluate typed functional languages from a business perspective: What are the concrete business advantages gained by the companies using typed functional languages? When are these advantages likely (and unlikely) to translate to other businesses? And how can a business responsibly evaluate if the same advantages are available in their particular case? [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:30 Engineering department 02:57 Case studies 03:41 Case study: Jane Street Capital 12:28 Case study: Standard Chartered 18:34 Case study: Corvus Insurance 22:25 Case study: Vendr 27:15 Case study: NoRedInk 33:29 Case study: Brilliant 35:32 Conclusion: Developer efficiency 36:20 Conclusion: Retention 36:45 Things to know 38:11 Things to ask 40:39 Outro Download slides and read the full abstract here: gotocph.com/2024/sessions/3137 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Richard Feldman • Elm in Action • amzn.to/387kujI Jeremy Fairbank • Programming Elm • amzn.to/2WhZCE8 Wolfgang Loder • Web Applications with Elm • amzn.to/3jblQ3q Cristian Salcescu • Functional Programming in JavaScript • amzn.to/3y75jBS bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com twitter.com/GOTOcon linkedin.com/company/goto- instagram.com/goto_con facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Elm #Elmlang #Elixir #Elixirlang #Ruby #OCaml #Haskell #TypedLanguage #FunctionalLanguages #PythonParadox #EvanCzaplicki CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1