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Maximising Side Effects When Adopting Functional Programming • Dan Macklin • GOTO 2015

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Channel: GOTO Conferences · 2016 · Science & Technology

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This presentation was recorded at GOTO Berlin 2015
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Dan Macklin - Head of Research & Development at bet365

ABSTRACT
Managing positive outcomes from technology adoption is about identifying, measuring and then maximising positive side effects. 
 In this talk Dan will describe the side effects of bet365's recent Erlang [...]

TIMECODES
0:00 Introduction
0:53 Background - A Brief History of bet365
3:29 It Comes Down to Our Culture
10:03 We needed to Reinvent
14:47 Our Mission
15:37 And the answer is
16:39 Erlang. Overview
21:36 Erlang - The Functional Advantage
33:35 AKA The First Big Sales Pitch
36:27 Adoption Requires a Journey
36:57 Adoption Requires Balance
40:06 Widening Involvement - What happened?
50:44 Maximising The Side Effects

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