Want to simplify state management, improve scalability and reduce the code base? Rewrite your system in F# and use the actor model (Akka.NET). The functional language discourages use of mutable state and actors contribute to efficient communication, routing and scalability. And what about the code base? The code metrics speak for themselves.
This is a talk about a concrete project at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) where we summarize our experience writing a robust and performant message based system for distributing media files to the cloud.