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Caroline Morton
– medical doctor, epidemiologist, software engineer, PhD candidate
@ Women in Rust
I don't have a background in functional programming - and I never set out to write it. But somewhere between writing trait-based epidemiological pipelines, composing data transformations, and leaning hard on Result, enums, and pattern matching, I started hearing from others: 'That's pretty functional.' In this talk, I'll explore what it means to write functional-ish Rust as someone solving real-world scientific problems. I'll walk through the patterns I reach for - like chaining iterators, avoiding shared state, and embracing expressive types - and reflect on which functional programming ideas emerge naturally in Rust, even if you're not trying. I'll also share how designing for epidemiologists - most of whom are used to chaining functions in Python (like Pandas) or R - has pushed me toward creating ergonomic Rust APIs with Python and R bindings. These tools aim to feel familiar to scientists while leveraging Rust's power and safety under the hood. This is a talk for functional programmers curious about Rust, and for Rustaceans wondering if they've been functional all along. No formal theory required - just real code, real use cases, and a pragmatic perspective from someone building public health tools in Rust. |
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Sketching streams with aquascape
2025-09-25 · 18:40
Zainab Ali
– Functional programming trainer
@ London Scala User Group
Functional streams are a vital tool in any ecosystem. They can simplify the code for webservers, event loops, and data-intensive applications. But they are notoriously difficult to understand. In this talk, we'll explore a mental model of stream execution in fs2, a functional stream processing library in Scala. We'll use our model to draw simple diagrams for complex streaming scenarios, and see how these diagrams can be generated automatically using the aquascape library. Finally, we'll bring our model to the masses. We'll use Scala.js to create interactive, browser-based diagrams that can be integrated into fs2's online documentation. By the end, we'll have a solid understanding of functional streams. With aquascape, you'll see that streams are not only easy to read, but easy to reason with too. |
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