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#17 Don Syme
<p>I sit down with Don Syme, the creator of F#! We chat about language design, the "sweet spot" of type system expressivity, and how A.I. will affect the future of software development.</p><p><br></p><p>Topics...


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Hosted by Christoffer Ekeroth · technology · EN
This is the Func Prog Podcast, a podcast about functional programming.
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Signup to Generate a PitchFunc Prog Podcast is hosted by Christoffer Ekeroth. The show has published 17 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "#17 Don Syme" (24 March 2026, 70 minutes), "#16 Adam Tornhill" (2 March 2026, 83 minutes), and "#15 Giacomo Cavalieri" (30 January 2026, 92 minutes).
Func Prog Podcast publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 103 minutes across 17 episodes.
Booking probability for Func Prog Podcast is 24%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Func Prog Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Func Prog Podcast's contact route on record: public web form.
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Christoffer Ekeroth hosts Func Prog Podcast, a technology podcast with 17 episodes published.
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Episode #17
<p>I sit down with Don Syme, the creator of F#! We chat about language design, the "sweet spot" of type system expressivity, and how A.I. will affect the future of software development.</p><p><br></p><p>Topics...

Episode #16
<p>In this episode I sit down with Adam Tornhill, founder of CodeScene, to talk about technical debt, Clojure, and why it's so hard to write good software.</p><p>Topics covered</p>From electrical engineering to software...

Episode #15
<p>In this episode, I talk to Giacomo Cavalieri, a core Gleam team member. We cover what makes Gleam special and why developers love it, and how it brings modern type safety to the battle-tested Erlang ecosystem. How...

Episode #14
<p>In this episode, I sit down with Robert Kreuzer, co-founder and CTO at Channable, to hear what it's like using Haskell in production. You will hear the story of Channable, and how Haskell worked its way into their...

Episode #13
<p>What is the future of Haskell, program generation and AI? I sit down with Matthías Páll Gissurarson and try to figure this out, along with the optimal development setup... and of course, deadlifts!</p><p>Topics...

Func Prog Podcast
<p>In this episode I talk with Almir Mesic about all things F#! </p><p><br></p><p>We cover topics like:</p><p>The advantages of F#</p><p>Introducing F# at an C# company</p><p>How thinking in functions helps you improve...

Func Prog Podcast
<p>In this episode I talk to Elisabeth Stenholm about dependent types, proof assistans and homotopy type theory! If you're ready to take your type safety to the next level, then this episode is for you!</p><p>We cover...

Episode #10
<p>In this podcast I get down to business with Robert Smith, the creator of Coalton, a language-within-a-language for Common Lisp. We cover a bunch of things, including:</p><p>LISP through the years</p><p>REPL-driven...

Episode #9
<p>Hécate is a Haskell engineer and prolific contributor to the Haskell ecosystem—in this episode we talk about using Haskell in production, effect systems and how empathy can help you build better...

Episode #8
<p>In this mind-bending episode I do a deep dive into the world of programming language design and type systems with Aram Hăvărneanu.</p><p><br></p><p>We cover a lot of things, including:</p><p>The difference between...

Episode #7
<p>In this episode I chat with Eric Torreborre about all things Unison! Topics covered include:</p><p>What makes Unison different from other programming languages</p><p>Why putting your source code in a database instead...

Episode #6
<p>In this episode I chat with Fernando Borretti, creator of the Austral programming language. We cover a bunch of different topics, such as:</p><p>What makes Austral different from other systems programming...

Episode #5
<p>Sashan Govender is a senior developer with more than 20 years in the industry; in this episode we talk about F#, a language that combines functional programming with productivity, power and...

Episode #4
<p>Gabriela Moreira is the lead developer of Quint, a modern and executable specification language. We talk about formal methods, model checkers and how learning functional programming is not so much difficult as it is...

Episode #3
<p>Peter Strömberg, aka "PEZ", is a Clojure programmer and creator of the popular Calva plug-in for VSCode. In this episode we do a deep-dive into Clojure and explore the power of Lisp and dynamically typed functional...

Episode #2
<p>In this episode we do a deep-dive into Scala and Zio with Lachezar Yankov! We talk about how a strong type system can help productivity, what the Zio ecosystem has to offer, and much more...</p><p>The appeal of...

Episode #1
<p>Sergei Winitzki is a functional programming aficinado with a background in theoretical physics. We get into a whole bunch of topics, including: </p><p>What makes a good programming language? </p><p>Why the future of...
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