Algebraic Effects in Practice with Flix
3 days ago
- #flix
- #functional-programming
- #algebraic-effects
- Algebraic effects make code testable by separating 'what' from 'how'.
- Effects provide visibility into code behavior, helping prevent supply chain attacks.
- Effects enable user-defined control flow abstractions like Async/await and coroutines.
- Flix is a language built with algebraic effects from the ground up.
- Effect handlers allow resuming computations, unlike exceptions which unwind the stack.
- Effects can replace dependency injection and architecture patterns like Clean/Hexagonal.
- A real-world example uses effects for AI movie recommendations with Flix.
- Effects are algebraic due to their law-like behavior, unlike handlers which use continuations.
- Effects are more composable and expressive than monads in typed systems.