WEBINAR REPLAY
Akka Anti-Patterns, Goodbye: Six Features Of Akka 2.6
With Manuel Bernhardt, Engineer, Author, Speaker and Consultant
Audience: Architects, Data Engineers
Technical level: Introductory
Over the past decade, Akka has pioneered the field of Reactive Systems–systems that are elastic, resilient and message-driven so as to be at all times responsive to the users, no matter what. Companies like Disney+, Starbucks, and PayPal depend on these architectural principles to go hand-in-hand with those of cloud native application infrastructure like Kubernetes, which emphasize automation, resilience, and scalability in highly dynamic cloud-based environments.
While the classic Akka APIs have been used for building the foundation of many mission-critical systems across industries, they also contain shortcomings, or anti-patterns, that made building these systems challenging for new users. With the release of Akka 2.6, however, the majority of these anti-patterns have now been rendered impossible by design.
In this special guest webinar with Akka expert and Reactive System Consultant, Manuel Bernhardt, we will go over:
- Akka 2.6 release highlights - including the new Akka Actor APIs (aka Akka Typed), the new Artery transport which brings improved performance and stability to clustered systems, and a new default serialization mechanism based on Jackson.
- Six anti-patterns that are now history - which anti-patterns in Akka Classic have been addressed by Akka 2.6 and how to make the best use of the new release.
- A final anti-pattern - Manuel will explore what he thinks may be one of the last remaining anti-patterns when using Akka...not understanding your hardware.
WEBINAR REPLAY
Akka Anti-Patterns, Goodbye: Six Features Of Akka 2.6
With Manuel Bernhardt, Engineer, Author, Speaker and Consultant and
Audience: Architects, Data Engineers
Technical level: Introductory
Over the past decade, Akka has pioneered the field of Reactive Systems–systems that are elastic, resilient and message-driven so as to be at all times responsive to the users, no matter what. Companies like Disney+, Starbucks, and PayPal depend on these architectural principles to go hand-in-hand with those of cloud native application infrastructure like Kubernetes, which emphasize automation, resilience, and scalability in highly dynamic cloud-based environments.
While the classic Akka APIs have been used for building the foundation of many mission-critical systems across industries, they also contain shortcomings, or anti-patterns, that made building these systems challenging for new users. With the release of Akka 2.6, however, the majority of these anti-patterns have now been rendered impossible by design.
In this special guest webinar with Akka expert and Reactive System Consultant, Manuel Bernhardt, we will go over:
- Akka 2.6 release highlights - including the new Akka Actor APIs (aka Akka Typed), the new Artery transport which brings improved performance and stability to clustered systems, and a new default serialization mechanism based on Jackson.
- Six anti-patterns that are now history - which anti-patterns in Akka Classic have been addressed by Akka 2.6 and how to make the best use of the new release.
- A final anti-pattern - Manuel will explore what he thinks may be one of the last remaining anti-patterns when using Akka...not understanding your hardware.

