Asher is a consultant with over 20 years experience in the IT industry, and will use the most appropriate technology at hand, be that Scala or Java, Javascript and when pushed Visual Basic and Excel. With strong hands on knowledge of performance and scale, exposure to platforms from mainframes to mobiles has taught him an appreciation for the subtleties of applying technology to difficult problems - be they technical or people challenges. Asher has had experience in a variety of organisations ranging from the BBC, GSMA, Betfair, Equens, Close Brothers and the TAB to small startups.
Talks I've Given
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Crafty Communications (Scala and Pesky People) - Beginner
Featuring Asher Glynn
Effective development is all about communication - with other developers, with users, with managers(!). While this has always been true, the gap between the Scala true believers and the rest-of-the-world can sometimes feel cavernous.
scala scalax code metrics -
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Sado MicroServices: compelling factors driving microservices and useful safety words
Featuring Asher Glynn and Kingsley Davies
Microservices have been garnered a lot of attention and popularity in recent times, but service evolution is neither a new thing nor free.
mucon microservices case-study real-world devops -
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Take Flight : Using Spaces in Scala
Featuring Nigel Warren and Asher Glynn
This talk will show how to use the power of Space based systems in Scala. With a simple REPL showing the foundations of the Space API, leading to an example application built using Fly Object Space and the Play Frame work as examples.
scala spaces scalax repl