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This Week in Effect - 2025-01-10

Hi Effecters!

Welcome back to This Week In Effect (TWIE) - your weekly update of the latest developments in the Effect community and ecosystem.

Effect is a powerful TypeScript library that helps developers create complex, synchronous, and asynchronous programs. One key feature that sets Effect apart is how it leverages structured concurrency to provide features such as async cancellation and safe resource management, making it easier to build robust, scalable, and efficient programs.

To get started, below you’ll find links to our documentation as well as our guide for installing Effect. Enjoy!

Recent major updates:

 

Here are all the technical changes from this week.

 

  • Dillon Mulroy posted about using Effect into the Vercel codebase.
  • Dillon Mulroy livestreamed two episodes of his series Freelance project with TypeScript, Svelte 5, and EffectTS 🚀 on his Twitch channel.

 

The Effect Days conference is happening on March 19-21, 2025, and it’s the perfect chance to connect with the Effect community and celebrate the Effect ecosystem in person! Get your ticket! 🎟️

Shout out to one of our sponsors, Inato, a global clinical trial marketplace that brings research to patients where they live. The Inato team is a long-time supporter of Effect and actively advocates for it within the developer community.

 

  • The eighth episode of Re-building Contentlayer with Effect has been published on the Effect YouTube Channel.

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Don’t forget to listen to our Cause & Effect podcast hosted by Johannes Schickling, and available on Youtube, X(Twitter), and audio platforms like Spotify and Apple Podcast. This podcast highlights stories from software engineers and companies using Effect in production. Each episode explores their journey of adopting Effect, the learning process, the challenges faced, and the benefits of integrating Effect into their tech stack.

In our first episode, we were joined by Attila Večerek, Tech Lead & Staff Engineer, who discussed how Zendesk incrementally adopted Effect in a polyglot environment with a large codebase. Give it a listen and let us know what you think on our social media or Discord!

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In December 2024, we unveiled the Effect Merch Store, with a selection of Effect-branded items designed for the community. All orders are processed through Printful.

 

More and more companies are adopting Effect in their projects—here’s a list of exciting job opportunities that include Effect in their tech stack:

Disclaimer: Please note that these job postings are shared for informational purposes, and we encourage applicants to verify details directly with the hiring companies.

 

That’s all for this week. Thank you for being a vital part of our community. Your feedback is highly valued as we fine-tune this format. Feel free to share your thoughts, and we’ll do our best to tailor it to the needs of our community.

Effect Community Team