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LambdaConf - Unchain Your Mind

LambdaConf returns in its first edition after the pandemic, reimagined as a multi-disciplinary developer conference featuring thought-provoking, entertaining, and mind-blowing talks and workshops that will forever change the way you write software.
The conference returns with the distinctive features that made it famous, including a warm and inviting atmosphere, all-original content from legends and fresh faces, a unique fusion of topics from both research and industry, a picturesque setting in the mountainous Rockies, gourmet catering, free child care, and the most incredible conference swag ever created.

Although you will still find plenty of content on functional programming, you will also discover mind-expanding talks on new languages, new virtual machines, new technologies, new frameworks, new paradigms, and new theory and practice behind the hottest and latest developments in software development.
Well-known for its organized activities such as hiking and craft beer tasting, LambdaConf 2024 introduces a new conference innovation called The Lovelace Enigma, a new kind of Escape Room for conference attendees, an engaging, immersive, and exciting puzzle crafted by this year’s Puzzle Master, that is sure to become the most loved and talked about conference experience of 2024.

About LambdaConf

LambdaConf is a developer conference that brings together a diverse range of programmers, researchers, and domain experts for inspiration, networking, and cross-pollination. Launched in 2014, the conference focuses on exploring new technologies, use cases, and theory that helps developers improve their craft and stay current with the latest advancements in their field.
LambdaConf offers a diversity of speakers, thought-provoking talks, and skill-building workshops, covering new developments in areas like programming languages, virtual machines, distributed systems, security, machine learning, AI, and more. The conference takes place in the beautiful mountains of Colorado, in the United States, this September.

Join us for the Grand Finale Hackathon at LambdaConf with Golem Cloud on May 8th in Estes Park, Colorado! We're inviting developers skilled in Rust, Go, C/C++, Python, Zig, Swift, JS, Grain, C#, and all languages supported by WebAssmebly to participate in this culminating event. Dive deep into WebAssembly (Wasm) and create cutting-edge applications on the Golem platform. Collaborate with a high-profile audience and Speakers from LambdaConf. Compete for great prizes. Let's come together to push the boundaries of technology and make this Grande Finale a memorable one!

Why Participate?

Join us for the Grand Finale Hackathon at LambdaConf hosted by Restate on May 8th in Estes Park, Colorado! We're inviting developers skilled in TypeScript, Java, and Kotlin. Are you yearning back to the days when developing applications was simple because you did not have to worry about lost network messages and double writes? Then this hackathon is for you! You will explore the new possibilities of building modern reliable applications based on Restate. It should be as simple as building a PHP app back in the 2000s. Your efforts will be rewarded with amazing prizes, including an iPad for the top app. Join us, and LET’s RESTATE how people develop modern applications from now on.

About Restate

## Learn the Rust Programming Language with John A. De Goes

### In this 2-day workshop at LambdaConf, attendees will receive a beginner-level introduction to Rust.

Overview

Rust is a systems programming language designed for safety, concurrency, and performance. It has gained popularity for its innovative features that prevent memory-related bugs and allow for low latency, performant, and efficient computation. Understanding Rust can provide new perspectives and approaches to building robust, concurrent, and high-performance applications.

In this 2-day workshop, attendees will receive a beginner-level introduction to Rust. By the end of the course, all participants, regardless of background, will have a solid entry-level foundation in Rust and be able to confidently use it for various real-world programming tasks.

NOTE: Although no familiarity with Scala is required, special attention will be given to the similarities and differences between Scala and Rust.

Who Should Attend

Any developers who are looking to move into Rust, explore systems-level programming, or build efficient cloud-native applications. Scala developers who want to explore Rust as an alternative or complementary language, particularly for building safe, concurrent, and high-performance systems.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge of Rust is required. Familiarity with procedural programming in some programming languages is required.

Daily Structure

Two Days, 7 hours a day.

Materials

Attendees will be provided with an example code, a course outline, and exercises in electronic form. Recording of the workshop is strictly prohibited.

About the Author

A mathematician by training but a software engineer by vocation, John A. De Goes has been professionally writing software for more than 25 years. John has contributed to dozens of open-source projects written in functional programming languages, including ZIO, a library for asynchronous and concurrent programming in functional Scala. In addition to speaking at Strata, OSCON, BigData TechCon, NEScala, ScalaWorld, Scala IO, flatMap, Scalar Conf, LambdaConf, and many other conferences, John also published a variety of books on programming. Currently, John heads Ziverge Inc, a company committed to solving hard business problems using the power of functional programming.