Interviews
Haskell in Mercury: Interview with Max Tagher
In our Functional Futures podcast episodes, we interview technical leaders from companies that use Haskell for real-world tasks. This season will be dedicated to the business side of development with functional programming.
Our guest is Max Tagher, the co-founder and CTO of Mercury, the fintech startups use for banking* and all their financial workflows. Mercury has been using Haskell from the start of the company, from scratch. And our conversation will be dedicated to that.
*Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Haskell in Production: Textcontent
In our Haskell in Production series, we interview developers and technical leaders from companies that use Haskell for real-world tasks. We cover benefits, downsides, common pitfalls, and tips for building useful Haskell products. Today's guest is Marc Scholten, the Founder and CEO of digitally induced. In this interview, we discuss their product, textcontent.ai. It is a text-generating tool that helps marketers create a distinct style and tone of voice. Marc explained how it differs from other options on the market and how they use Haskell in their product.
Rust in Production: FOSSA
In this interview from our Rust in Production series, we speak with Jessica Black, a senior software engineer at FOSSA, a developer-native open source management platform. Jessica has been working at FOSSA for over four years and has been on the Analysis team for the past two years. The Analysis team manages FOSSA CLI and FOSSA Broker, along with services that power more advanced capabilities like snippet scanning and vendored code matching.
Haskell in Production: Chordify
In this edition of our “Haskell in Production” series, we interview Jeroen Bransen from Chordify, an online platform, which turns any music or song into chords. Jeroen has been working at Chordify since 2016. We discussed how Chordify ensures the correctness of Haskell code and scalability of its codebase, which libraries they use in their work, and more.
Haskell in Production: FOSSA
In this edition of our "Haskell in Production" series, we feature FOSSA – a tool for open-source risk management. Our guest, Eliza Zhang from the engineering team at FOSSA, discusses her experience using Haskell in backend analysis services and CLI. Read further to learn about the benefits and downsides of Haskell he encountered while working on the project, as well as tips he would give to teams starting Haskell projects like his.
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Haskell in Production: FINN.no
In this edition of our Haskell in Production series, we interview, a Norwegian digital marketplace for classified ads. We spoke with Karsten Mevassvik, the Technical Domain Expert (Tech Lead) of the AdView team, and Torgeir Strand Henriksen, a full-time Haskell developer, about their experience with Haskell and their general approach to web development.
Haskell in Production: Verity
In this edition of our Haskell in Production series, we interview developers from Verity – a company that provides integrated solutions for modern asset management.
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Bringing Fun into FP: Interview with Impure Pics
In this article, we interview Jay, the mastermind behind Impure Pics. We talk about his approach to creating fun things, thoughts about what the Haskell community needs right now, and what could be the future of functional programming.
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Haskell in Production: CollegeVine
In this edition of our Haskell in Production series, we interview Fyodor Soikin from CollegeVine – an online platform that connects high school students with college admissions guidance and mentorship.
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Haskell in Production: Standard Chartered
In this article of our Haskell in Production series, we interview José Pedro Magalhães from Standard Chartered – a multinational bank that has over 6 million lines of code written in their own dialect of Haskell.
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Haskell in Production: Meta
In this edition of our Haskell in Production series, we interview Simon Marlow, who's currently an engineer at the Code Search and Indexing team at Meta.
Jesse Johnson: Bringing Together AI and Medical Research
In this interview, Jesse Johnson – a leading data science expert and the founder of the Merelogic consulting group – shares his thoughts about the challenges of AI analysis in biological research.
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Haskell in Enterprise: Interview with Rob Harrison
What benefits can functional programming bring to consulting projects? How does Haskell help to deliver projects on time and on budget? Find out the answers in our interview with Rob Harrison from Flowmo.co.
Haskell in Production: e-bot7
In this edition of our Haskell in Production series, we feature e-bot7 – a low-code conversational AI platform designed for customer service and support.