In this episode I talk with Ody Mbegbu. We talk his exposure to functional programming, F#, Akka.NET, appeal of immutable databases, and more.Our Guest, Ody Mbegbu@Odytrice on Twitterodytrice on Githubhttp://medium.com/@odytriceAnnouncementsLambda Days will be taking place again on the 9th and 10th of February 2017. Visit www.lambdadays.org to submit your talk and keep updated as more information becomes available.Kats Conf 2 will be taking place in Dublin, Ireland on the 18th of February. Visit http://www.katsconf.com/ to register and for more information.ClojureD will be taking place on the 25th of February, 2017, in Berlin, Germany. Visit www.clojured.de to get tickets and keep updated as more information becomes available.BOB Konf is taking place the 24th of February 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Visit www.bobkonf.de for more information about the conference.ElixirDaze is coming up on March 2nd and 3rd. With keynotes by Prag Dave Thomas and Saša Jurić, make sure to visit www.elixirdaze.com for more information and to register.Destination Code, a new unconference starting in Utah, is having its inaugural event March 27-30th, 2017. Visit http://www.destination.codes/ to find out more.Erlang & Elixir Factory 2017 is on the 23rd and 24th of March. Visit www.erlang-factory.com/sfbay2017 for more information.flatMap(Oslo) is a FP-conference with focus on Scala and the JVM, taking place on May 2nd and 3rd in Oslo, Norway. Please go to http://2017.flatmap.no/cfp/ to learn more.Elm Europe will be taking place June 8th and 9th in Paris, France. Visit http://elmeurope.org/ for more information and to register. If you have a conference related to functional programming, contact me, and I will be happy to announce it.Topics [@About Ody.NETJavaPHPF#JavaScript as first expose to functional programmingYan Cui on .NET Rocks!Yan Cui on Episode 63Rachel ReeseDon SymeJoe Albahari – Programming With PurityHaskellWhat “clicked” about functional programming after watching Joe Albahari’s presentationUnknowingly implementing a monad to deal with errorsLINQScott Wlashcin’s series on Computation ExpressionsStarting to look into HaskellHaskell Tutorial: Learn Haskell in One VideoPicking up F#Scott Nimrod’s video with OdyWhy your F# evangelism isn’t working“Use all the tools you are using now. Your skills are not wasted.”What helped sell F# to co-workersDomain Specific Languages in F#Akka.NETAkkaScalaUsing Akka.NET and F# togetherApplication as the source of truthImmutable databases“How come we have tools like source control where we never lose code, but we can lose data?”DatomicEventStoreEvent SourcingLocal community and interest with F#.NET CoreHope that .NET Core can help increase F# adoptionAs always, a giant Thank You goes to David Belcher for the logo design.