Domain Modeling Made Functional - Scott Wlaschin

Why HN readers recommended it

HN people recommend it as an eye-opening talk whose domain-modeling ideas carry over to other languages and make a strong compiler feel like a coding partner.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

NDC Conferences

Topic

functional domain modeling

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

6

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• The "F# for fun and profit" site by Scott Wlaschin is a great jumping-off point: [LINK] I discovered it when I was reading a lot about domain driven design, and I stumbled upon a talk by the author that kind of blew my mind: "Domain …

• If anyone is looking for a really eye-opening video take a look at that this. "Domain Modeling Made Functional" It's applying Functional Programming to plain old Enterprise line of business apps in F#. The author argues why it's so much simpler, and simply walks through …

• Scott Wlaschin, author of F# for Fun and Profit, has an excellent talk on using F# (an ML language) for domain driven design and business development: [VIDEO]