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![](sbtb2020.jpg)

In November 2020 I had the great privilege to do a [Talk at Scale By The Bay Conference](https://scalebythebay2020.sched.com/event/e54O/acting-lessons-for-scala-engineers-with-akka-and-zio).

### Recording of my talk

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### Slides

Slides for my talk can be found [here](https://github.com/softinio/talks/blob/master/SBTB2020/acting-lessons-for-scala-engineers-with-akka-and-zio.pdf).

### I also wrote three blogs posts as a companion to my talk

[Introduction to the Actor Model](https://www.softinio.com/post/introduction-to-the-actor-model/)

[Introduction to Akka Typed Using Scala](https://www.softinio.com/post/introduction-to-akka-typed-using-scala/)

[Introduction to Zio Actors](https://www.softinio.com/post/introduction-to-zio-actors/)