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Domain Modeling Made Functional - Scott Wlaschin - KanDDDinsky 2019

KanDDDinsky · 73.9K views · 2019-12-06 · 50:49

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Overview

Scott Wlaschin shows how statically typed functional languages, using F# examples, can model a business domain so that invalid states cannot be represented. The type system acts almost like an instant unit test at compile time.

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HN treats it as the canonical, approachable example of domain-driven design with types and 'make invalid states unrepresentable'.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2020–2026

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Functional programmingSoftware architecture & designProgramming language design
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devmunchies · 2020-08 · Strong recommendation

I wouldn't say its unloved or on a side track, it's baked into .net as a first class citizen and has dedicated engineers at Microsoft working on it. When I started I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to download .net core on a mac and not do anything else to use F#. Its less popular than C# so its there's not as much documentation from 3rd party sources, youtube videos, etc, but you can use any C# modules in F# so you'll get used to reading C# docs. I would highly recommend this overview of the .Net ecosystem: [LINK] I really like how it showed a preview of "modern C#" at 12:20 which is being influenced by F#. After that, this talk opened my eyes to the power of f# philosophy and type system: [VIDEO]

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rapnie · 2026-02 · Recommendation

You can also search for "make invalid states impossible/unrepresentable" [0] to find more info on related practices. See "domain modeling made functional" [0] as a nice example [0] [LINK] [1] [VIDEO]

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rapnie · 2025-09 · Recommendation

I can recommend "Domain Modeling Made Functional" by Scott Wlaschin presented at KanDDDinsky 2019, that offers a very appealing example for making making invalid states unrepresentable. The example code is in F# but that is a perfect language to demonstrate the general idea. Best-practice I guess boils down to finding the right balance throughout the application design. [VIDEO]

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