Willem is one of those old-timers with 15+ years java experience who some years ago decided to give his software development career a new boost by switching to scala. Wishing he had done so about 10 years earlier he is still amazed at a daily basis by the expressiveness of scala and just how much fun it is to write clever code. Currently building super safe digital identities at startup Cleverbase in The Netherlands using scala and akka.
Talks I've Given
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Typed Actors - Should I Start Using Them?
Featuring Willem Vermeer
Typed actors are finally here and, for all of you lovers of typesafe programming, just their name is enough to get you excited! But here you are, maintaining a large scala/akka codebase – should you immediately migrate all your actors to typed actors? What are the benefits and will your code look...
scala scalax akka typesafe-programming