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Episode 348 | Alfonso Garcia-Caro - Linguistic Discovery

2018-06-18

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Alfonso Garcia-Caro talks with Dave Rael about natural languages, programming languages, community, testing, open source, and positive experiences

A linguist by heart and a programmer by choice, Alfonso has brought his passion for natural languages to the computing world. He is the creator of Fable, a popular F# to JS compiler, and coauthor of the book "Mastering F#". He currently works as a freelancer specialized in Azure-based cloud and web applications using F# and Fable for highly productive and reliable software development.

Chapters: 1:24 - Dave introduces the show and Alfonso Garcia-Caro3:58 - Alfonso, the linguist6:25 - Connecting natural languages to programming languages10:52 - Origins of Fable and Alfonso's path to a software development career18:04 - Functional Programming Communities23:11 - Alfonso's thoughts on WebAssembly26:26 - Providing some useful via open source29:01 - Where Fable is useful32:49 - Alfonso's story of failure - falling short of acquiring the skills for video game development35:42 - Alfonso's book (and website) recommendations39:05 - Alfonso's experience with writing a book41:03 - The things that have Alfonso most excited42:35 - Alfonso on testing47:33 - Alfonso's top 3 tips for delivering more value50:48 - Keeping up with Alfonso

Resources: Fable Fable on Twitter Abstract Syntax Trees Babel Tower of Babel Don Syme on Developer On Fire Sergey Tihon Blazor - .NET to WebAssembly FableConf Eugene Tolmachev Zaid Ajaj Introducing Fable.Remoting: Automated Type-Safe Client-Server Communication for Fable Apps - Zaid Ajaj Maxime Mangel Scott Wlaschin on Developer On Fire Shawn Wildermuth on Developer On Fire Cameron Taggart

Alfonso's book recommendation: Domain Modeling Made Functional: Tackle Software Complexity with Domain-Driven Design and F# - Scott Wlaschin F# for fun and profit - Scott Wlachin's website Mastering F# - Alfonso Garcia-Caro Nunez The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease - Daniel Lieberman

Alfonso's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Take care of yourself, but be OK with making some sacrifices some of the time as long as it's not the norm Have fun Use good online collaboration tools