Pub Crawling in Orleans: Exploring the Actor Model - NDC Porto 2023

Explore the Actor model and Microsoft's Orleans implementation in this conference talk from NDC Porto 2023. Discover how the Actor model has gained popularity due to modern multi-core CPUs and increased use of distributed systems. Learn about Orleans 4 and its alignment with .NET 7, offering developers a simple and performant way to create actor-based distributed systems. Through a demo-heavy presentation, gain insights into Orleans' features and their comparison to other Actor model implementations. Follow along as the speaker demonstrates how to leverage these features to build a scalable and maintainable distributed pub crawl platform. Dive into practical examples and understand the potential of Orleans in creating robust, actor-based systems for modern software development.