Gien is a software developer with 9 years of experience, mainly in a .NET environment, who likes to start her day with coffee. She is a strong believer of continuously learning by deliberate practice and knowledge sharing, which is why she takes part in the organization of two Belgian communities, namely DDDBE and SoCraTesBE.
Talks I've Given
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Devils, Wizards, and Decision Making Heuristics
Featuring Nick Tune and Gien Verschatse
Coffee or tea? One sugar or two? Should we use Event Sourcing or does CRUD seem good to you?
devops crud event-sourcing ddd -
The Curious Case of Freya, Suave and Giraffe: Reducing Risks In Picking a New Tech.
Featuring Gien Verschatse
Picking a new technology is hard. Very often you avoid change at all cost, and go with the devil you know. Another extreme is to do some haphazard implementation and hope for the best.
giraffe freya suave frameworks fsharpx fsharp -
Playing nice together: how to use F# in a brownfield project - Audience Level: Beginner
Featuring Gien Verschatse
As is commonplace amongst many companies, the main code base is usually a C# monolith. Although there is a lot of domain knowledge captured in it, using C# wasn't always the best choice to solve domain problems. Upon discovering F#, it was a better fit for some of the features Gien and team...
fsharp fsharpx csharp oo fp functional-programming