Data Science in F#
dawe The Europe-based part of us made the trip to Berlin to attend the Data Science in F# conference.
First of all, we want to give a big shoutout to the organizers for putting together the first real live F# conference after many years.
Everyone was thrilled to have the opportunity to meet in person and share a drink .. or two .. or ..
Being mostly involved with dev tooling so far, it was a real eye opener for us to see and meet the Data Science community of F#.
In the discussions a lot of opportunities for collaboration came up, and we are looking forward to working with the Fslab community to help them with their wonderful F# ecosystem for Data Science. The dominance of Python in the Data Science space is unlikely to go away soon, but there is a strong believe that F# deserves a strong foot hold in the Data Science world. A very well prepared hackathon on Saturday helped new contributors to get started and has already resulted in a number of PRs.
Regarding Amplifying F# itself, we are very happy to welcome Ronald Schlenker in our team. A great buddy and a great F# developer known for his work on FsHttp, Vide, and many other projects.
Fueled by coffee and ice cream, many ideas to take the next steps in our initiative and to lift Amplifying F# to the next level came up during the conference.
Stay tuned for more news in the coming weeks.
