SBTB 2019: James Ward & Josh Suereth, Serverless Scala - Functions as SuperDuperMicroServices

ai.bythebay.io Nov 2025, Oakland, full-stack AI conference Serverless is all the rage but what does it mean for Scala developers? Can we take a plain ol' Scala function and run it on the cloud with infinite scalability? This talk will explore how to build and deploy serverless Scala and how to avoid startup overhead. We will also explore how to build pure serverless functions to make programs more provably correct, easier to build, test, and run. We will use Google Cloud as a reference serverless implementation but the concepts are applicable with any provider. 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.