145: The Power of Composition with Scott Wlaschin

Published: March 13, 2018, 9:30 a.m.

In this weeks episode we are lucky to have Scott Wlaschin back on the show.\nWe start of discussion by highlighting his most recent talk on composition and some useful analogies to Lego, Brio and Unix.\nFrom here we move on to investigate function and type composition, the difference between a paradigm shift compared to simply a syntax one and the advantages of an opinionated language.\nThis leads us on to mention how within application design pushing the side-effects to the edge and keeping the core domain pure is beneficial.\nFinally, we touch upon testing in functional languages, experiences whilst consulting and Rich Hickey\u2019s \u2018Effective Programs\u2019 talk.