From 2ad752cc592db050ccb08c2b37f873556add0748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Hagenson Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2023 20:17:18 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Community highlight --- content/blog/last-week-in-pony-102923.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/blog/last-week-in-pony-102923.md b/content/blog/last-week-in-pony-102923.md index 75beefaa..5198f709 100644 --- a/content/blog/last-week-in-pony-102923.md +++ b/content/blog/last-week-in-pony-102923.md @@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ If you'd be interested in attending an Office Hours in the future, you should jo We like to take a moment in each Last Week in Pony to highlight a community resource. There are many community resources that can go unappreciated until _just the right time_ when someone hops into the Ponylang Zulip asking a question or facing a problem we have all had at one time or another. Well here in Last Week in Pony, we make it **just the right time** to highlight one of our excellent community resources. -<< content >> +Once again we rocket off the Planet Pony! This week we are going to look at a video from [2019](https://www.ponylang.io/community/planet-pony/#2019), specifically [Safely Sharing Data: Reference Capabilities in the Pony Programming Language](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1JfYa413fY). + +The talk is only 30 minutes so give it a listen! In it, John Mumm talks about what reference capabilities provide you, the programmer, by using them in Pony. Specifically, he discusses: data races, the two laws of sharing data, an overview of reference capabilities, and sharing data safely using Pony actors. ---