A panel discussion about server-side Swift

A panel discussion about server-side Swift, recorded live at the Server-Side Swift conference in November 2019. Join Tim Condon as he talks to Kaitlin Mahar, Siemen Sikkema, Tanner Nelson and Ian Partridge about the current state of Swift on the server, a… Read more

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