Isaac is a recent functional programming convert (coming from a Python and data engineering background) and a YouTube creator producing content around the Gleam programming language.
He lives between London and San Francisco, which is has mostly been great! He just regrets that he had to leave his hat collection behind when coming to America.
Modern software engineering can be a bit of a nightmare. You've got all these different third-party services to keep track of, and often many first-party microservices too! As it turns out, things can be made more simple.
How? Using Gleam, of course! This talk aims to be an introduction to why you should be using Gleam on the backend and how you can use it to simplify your application's architecture.