Desired State - How React, Kubernetes and Control Theory Have Lots in Common

Explore the common architectural principles behind popular tools like React, Kubernetes, and Terraform in this insightful 46-minute conference talk. Discover how these technologies have shifted from imperative to declarative paradigms, and learn about the concept of desired state reconciliation. Examine how this fundamental idea appears across various computing domains, including databases, streaming systems, control theory, UI engineering, and programming language theory. Gain a deeper understanding of the framework that underpins stateful logic wrapped in stateless, declarative APIs, and how it applies to your daily development tools.