Daco Harkes
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Daco Harkes is a Senior Software Engineer at Google, specifically working within the Dart compiler and virtual machine (VM) team. He is widely recognized for his work on the Dart programming language and the Flutter framework, with a specialized focus on Foreign Function Interface (FFI) and native interoperability.
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Dart and Flutter through an evolutionary biology lens
Trace the 15-year journey of Dart and Flutter through the lens of biological milestones. From the endosymbiosis of the language and framework to the Cambrian explosion of the package ecosystem, we’ll explore how Flutter evolved from a single-cell project into a self-organizing superorganism. We’ll dive deep into the technical shifts required to support this scale, moving from monolithic magic to pluggable extensibility. See a cutting-edge case study on how new Link Hooks allow the community to tree-shake native C code based on Dart reachability. Learn why the future of the ecosystem belongs to the magicians in the community and how you can start hacking across the layers.
