Karl's Talks

Intro to Functional IO

A talk I gave at HuntFunc to introduce IO types and what their benefits are.

Scala 3 for Scala Haters

A talk directed toward the skeptics in my company, hoping to convince them of the merits of the improvements in Scala 3.

GitHub Tips & Tricks

GitHub is a tool we all rely on, but most of us don't use it to its full potential. This tech talk covers some disused features that are currently available, as well as some interesting new features coming to Enterprise later this year.

What's New With Scala?

An overview of what's coming in Scala 2.13 and 3.x. Given to fill in my colleagues after I attended Scala Days.

Docker Swarm

An introduction to Docker Swarm as a baby step toward more complex orchestrators.

Circe

A lightning talk introducing Circe, a JSON parser for Scala without all the boilerplate.

Intro to Kubernetes

Introduces the concepts of an orchestrator in general, and how Kubernetes implements them specifically. Addresses some common misconceptions and gives some tips and tricks about choosing a Kubernetes distribution. This talk was given at the DevSpace Conference.

Intro to Scheduling with Nomad

A brief introduction to HashiCorp Nomad and comparison with other solutions.

Fun With Functors

A lightning talk that attempted to introduce functors using concepts imperative programmers are already familiar with, but turned out to be too weighty a topic for a five-minute format. Still an interesting reference.

Principles of Clean Functional Programming

A talk I gave at LambdaConf 2017, introducing some principles to make functional programming more readable.