Talks and drinks

18:00: Doors open

18:30: What can philosophy teach us about programming, or why did I create this group. – Mike Kotsur

19:20: Break

19:30: JavaScript with types: TypeScript, Flow and ReasonML – Artem Tyurin

20:30: Borrel and socializing

What can philosophy teach us about programming

Mike, educated as applied mathematician, has used many different languages throughout his career: PHP, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Scala. Comparing those experiences gave him a very useful inside into the nature of the problem, which type systems is supposed to be solving. This talk can also be seen as Mike's confession about creating this meetup group.

JavaScript with types: TypeScript, Flow and ReasonML

Artem is working as a software engineer at Uber, who knows frontend technologies inside-out. He also makes time for supporting several opensource projects and presenting at meetups. A few years ago he started using Flow and Typescript in his code and developed interest in strongly typed languages such as Scala as OCaml. He'll be our headliner of the evening.