F# Community has been known for being pragmatic and focused on real-world problems. This is also shown by F# open source ecosystem - from simple libraries, through complex framework or technology stacks, to the tooling - maintainers focuses on the developer and user experience, building welcoming communities and solving people's problems. Over the last few years, the F# open source ecosystem has grown at a rapid rate - new web frameworks, new compilers, support for new editors and new tools have been announced every day... well, maybe every month.
In this talk, I'll give a subjective walkthrough of the F# ecosystem, showcasing some of the best, most interesting and innovative projects that were developed over the last few years - about some of the everyone knows, some of them failed or are not as successful as they should be. I'll share all the secrets behind the success of F# OSS ecosystem, all its failures, and... all the funny anecdotes. I'll also share all my experiences of the maintainer of F# OSS projects - the lessons I wish I knew when I started building the first version of Ionide.
