Paul Snively helps us see the future of programming. Spoiler: It's Typed & Functional. Referenced talks: Types vs. Tests: An Epic Battle? Type Systems - The Good, Bad and Ugly Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

Bruce describes his multi-decade journey running conferences and how letting go of control, while still having a structure, has led to conferences where attendees connect in meaningful ways. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

As usual, Bruce & James try to figure out monads & type classes. Then something new, as they go meta on design patterns. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

FEE, FOO, FUD, and FUM (Fear, Uncertainty, and Monads) - Scala Giant, Dick Wall, joins Bruce and James to talk about life, work, and Functional Programming. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

Object Oriented Programming might just be a series of solutions to self-created problems. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

Katie Levy joins Bruce & James to talk about how to help teams adopt Kotlin and Functional Programming. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

Bruce and James' coauthor Bill Frasure, joins to talk with Kit Langton, creator of ZIO Magic and many other magical ZIO tools & libraries. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

Bruce and James chat with their long time friend Bill Venners about Scala 3 and the updates to his "Programming in Scala" book. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

Bruce and James chat with their friend Julie Amundson about AI, Machine Learning, and many related complexities.  They explore what the journey is like for Data Scientists at medium / large companies where everything from data access to productionizing models, has challenges.  Also we learn about the Metaflow system Julie's team built to make this journey smoother at Netflix. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

Bruce, James, and their friend Bill are working on a new book about systems that are Performant, Reliable, Expressive, and Productive. This episode explores those themes with some significant detours along the way. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF