About Me

Michael Snoyman is a software developer and blockchain specialist, leading a team of developers at FP Complete. With a deep passion for Rust and functional programming, Michael has built a career at the intersection of strongly typed programming, actuarial science, and economics. His expertise spans blockchain development, statistics, and software architecture, making him a trusted consultant and respected voice in the tech industry.

In addition to managing large-scale projects and contributing to open source initiatives, Michael has authored multiple books on programming and regularly shares insights at conferences around the world. He also blogs regularly on topics ranging from software development and blockchain to weight lifting, nutrition, and fantasy books. Michael takes pride in making complex concepts accessible, fostering collaboration, and building lasting professional relationships.

When he's not at the forefront of the blockchain space, Michael enjoys life in Maalot, Israel, with his wife Miriam and their six children.

Most recent blog post: Normal People Shouldn't Invest December 18, 2024

Publications

Talks

Signify Technology 2024-04 Roundtable | Unlocking Blockchain's Potential with Rust Video
Func Prog Sweden 2023 2023-03 Intro to Rust Slides Video
Functional Conf 2022 2022-03 FP is the new OOP Slides Video
GoLab/RustLab joint event 2021-05 Go vs Rust | Round table discussion Video
LambdaConf 2020 Global Edition 2020-05 Economic Argument for Functional Programming Slides Video
Haskell in the City 2020-04 What Makes Haskell Unique (2020 update) Slides Video
Berlin Functional Programming Group 2020-04 Your Second Haskell Web App Slides Video
Functional Conf 2019 2019-11 Your first Haskell web app with WAI and Warp Slides Video
Functional Conf 2019 2019-11 Applied Haskell workshop
Amsterdam Haskell Meetup 2019-09 Deploying Haskell Services Slides Video
LambdaConf 2019 2019-06 Why you should use Software Transactional Memory Repository
Functional Conf 2018 2018-12 Functional Programming for the Long Haul Slides Video
FLIP 2018 2018-07 Haskell from the Inside Out Slides
LambdaConf 2018 2018-06 Haskell Hackathon
LambdaConf 2018 2018-05 Applied Haskell (two day training)
FP Complete Webinar 2018-04 Asynchronous Exception Handling in Haskell Slides Video
F(by) 2017 2017-12 What Makes Haskell Unique Slides Video
LambdaWorld 2017-10 Everything you didn't want to know about monad transformer state Slides Video
LambdaConf 2017 2017-05 Web Programming and Streaming Data in Haskell Slides Video (1) Video (2)
LambdaConf 2017 2017-05 Applied Haskell (two day training)
Twitter 2015-11 Haskell for fast, concurrent, robust services Slides Video
Haskeller Meetup, Tel Aviv 2015-08 Haskell in Enterprise Slides
PolyConf 2014 2014-10 Hybrid server/client Haskell web apps Slides Video
Haskell Users Group, Berlin 2014-10 Conduit Slides
Haskell Cast 2014-02 Pipes and Conduit Video
Mostly Erlang (podcast) 2013-11 Yesod and FP Complete Audio
Erlang Factory, Tel Aviv 2013-10 Programming with Functional Style Slides
Sayeret Lambda 2012-12 Haskell and Yesod Slides
Floss Weekly 2012-12 Yesod Video
O'Reilly Webinar 2012-11 Designing Domain Specific Languages Video Slides
Sayeret Lambda (podcast) 2012-10 Yesod Audio
Big Techday 5 2012-06 Designing Type-Safe Haskell APIs Video Slides
QCon San Francisco 2011-11 Yesod Web Framework Video Slides