Scale By The Bay 2019: James Ward Interview
ai.bythebay.io Nov 2025, Oakland, full-stack AI conference Check out the talk here: https://youtu.be/bjiW9SqWMA8 James Ward Google Developer Advocate Crested Butte, CO, USA Websitetwitter.com/_JamesWard James Ward is a nerd / software developer who shares what he learns with others though presentations, blogs, demos, and code. After over two decades of professional programming, he is now a self-proclaimed Typed Pure Functional Programming zealot but often compromises on his ideals to just get stuff done. After spending too many sleepless nights in data centers repairing RAID arrays, he now prefers higher-level cloud abstractions with appropriate escape hatches. James is a huge Open Source proponent, hoping to never get burned by lock-in again.