The secret to introducing people to scary-sounding concepts like Free Monads in #swiftlang is in never mentioning these two words until the very end of the presentation. - ThreadSky

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alexozun.com • 48 days ago

The secret to introducing people to scary-sounding concepts like Free Monads in #swiftlang is in never mentioning these two words until the very end of the presentation.

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alexozun.com•48 days ago

I think I managed to successfully trick the audience into thinking we were simply describing effects with enums, until finally revealing that we’d actually learned something that *supposedly* requires a PhD in Computer Science to understand (spoiler: it really doesn’t!).

peterfriese.dev•48 days ago

Well done, Alex! It was a fun and engaging talk, and I think you actually managed to pull off what you set out to do. 10/10, would recommend to anyone.

alexozun.com•48 days ago

Thank you Peter! And thanks again for borrowing your clicker (I'd already added it to my Bday wish list 😀)

tacticalgrace.justtesting.org•48 days ago

Hahaha, nice one! Apple’s approach is to give it a new, harmless sounding name. But I like your approach better, because it allows the audience to make the connection to the broader FP community.

vincefried.bsky.social•48 days ago

That looks like a very interesting talk!

alexozun.com•48 days ago

Thanks! I'll share the recording when it's published on YouTube

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