In this episode I talk with David Koontz. We talk his introduction to functional programming, F#, Haskell, community building, the LambdaCast, and more.Our Guest, David Koontz@dkoontz on TwitterLambdaCast@lambdacast on TwitterConference AnnouncementsThe Strange Loop coming! It will be held in St. Louis, MO on September 28-30, 2017 at the Peabody Opera House. To submit your CfP, visit http://thestrangeloop.com/.PWLConf 2017 will be taking place September 28th in St. Louis, MO, before Strange Loop. Visit http://pwlconf.org/ for more information and to stay updated on latest announcements.Open FSharp will be taking place the 28th-29th of September in San Francisco, California. Visit openfsharp.org for more information and to register.elm-conf is returning to St. Louis on September 28, 2017 for a day of learning, speaking, and connecting with the Elm language community. For more information and to register visit http://www.elm-conf.us/.RacketCon is October 7th & 8th at the University of Washington, with keynote speakers Dan Friedman and Will Byrd. Visit http://con.racket-lang.org/ for more information and to register.Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of Clojure October the 12th – 14th at the Clojure/Conj in Baltimore, Maryland. Visit http://2017.clojure-conj.org/ for more information and to register.LambdaWorld will be taking place in Cadiz, Spain on October 26th and 27th. For more information visit and to keep updated visit http://www.lambda.world/.CodeMesh is coming up November 8th and 9th in London. For more information, and to keep an eye open for registration, visit http://www.codemesh.io/.Moonconf will be taking place the 9th-11th of November. For more information visit http://moonconf.org/.Clojure SYNC will be taking place in New Orleans on February 15th & 16th of 2018. For more information and to register visit: http://clojuresync.com/.LambdaDays 2018 will be taking place February 22nd and 23rd in Kraków, Poland. For more information, and to register, visit http://www.lambdadays.org/.If you have a conference related to functional programming, contact me, and I will be happy to announce it.AnnouncementsSome of you have asked how you can support Functional Geekery, in that vein,Functional Geekery now has a Patreon Page.If that is one of the ways you would like to show your support, you canfind out more at https://www.patreon.com/fngeekery.Topics [@About DavidLambdaCastHow David got into software developmentStarting in I.T. and moving towards game programmingFirst exposure to functional programmingJavaPythonRubyStructure and Interpretation of Computer ProgramsSICP Lecture VideosBeing unsure of how to apply functional programming ideas in game programming“Everything was harder than it should be”C#F#Real World Functional ProgrammingHaskellElmWhat clicked when understanding _Real World Functional Programming_LINQTrying to apply F# back to game development and day-to-day experienceUnityTakeaways from trying to apply functional ideas back to C#RobotArmsPipeline operators and chainingMoving from F# to HaskellHaskell Programming from first principlesLearn You Some HaskellBouncing off Haskell and landing on ElmRetrying Haskell after ElmTrying to bring Elm to day-to-day workElectronGitKrakenFlowTypeScriptPureScriptBringing functional ideas back into the communityLunch and learnsMeetupsLessons learned from the lunch and learns vs meetupsBuilding something as a group in the monthly meetupElm as front-end and Haskell as back-end languagesMaybes vs NullsNot having anything to hold onto when talking about different conceptsResponse about having different level of experience between hostsAdvice for sharing your learnings as you progress“If you knew any more, you wouldn’t fill this important voice on the podcast”Aiming for a small, concise, irreducible version of an explanationDesert Code Camp“If you thinking of doing [a functional programming podcast] I want to lie to you and tell you it’s no work at all”Going to where people areAudience breadth of JavaScript or C#IdrisAdvice for community outreach“Realize nobody can be an expert in everything”Haskell PyramidResources for getting started in functional programmingProfessor Frisby’s Mostly Adequate Guide to Functional ProgrammingRamdaSanctuarylodashlodash/fpFP Chat Slack communityUpcoming appearancesLambdaConf 2018MoonConf#lambdacast channel on FP Chat Slack communityAs always, a giant Thank You goes to David Belcher for the logo design.