My talks

There is a YouTube playlist of my talks.

Main talks

• Just enough computer science for the busy developer
  A brief overview of CS topics that are relevant in the day-to-day work of every developer.
  Delivered at Codesmiths Unite!.
• Java from a Parallel Universe
  What Java would look like in a world where annotations were never invented.
  Delivered at J-Spring 2019 and J-Fall 2019.
• Don’t hack the platform? ☠️💣💥️
  A funny anthology of tricks and hacks for the JVM.
  Voted 2018’s “best non-Venkat talk” by the J-Fall audience!
  Delivered at J-Fall 2018, JavaZone 2018, JBCNConf 2018 and more.
• Not all equals methods are created equal
  How to write a good equals method, and to test it with EqualsVerifier.
  Delivered at Devoxx 2017.
• Growing a DSL for financial calculations
  The story of how my colleague and I ‘discovered’ a Scala DSL for writing complex mortgage calculations.
  Delivered at Typelevel Summit Oslo 2016 and Codestar Launch Event.

One-offs

• Upgrading Scala 2.12 to 2.13
• Scala