Async/Await: Thinking beyond Combine
summary
Claims that Async/Await can replace core Combine patterns, demonstrates AsyncStream continuations, converting Publishers to AsyncSequence, and using Apple’s AsyncAlgorithms package to get combineLatest, zip, merge. Shows concrete networking and stream examples, uses Task cancellation and structured concurrency, and points out a practical three streams limit in current combine-style operators plus type‑erasure for errors; overall the AsyncAlgorithms bridge reproduces operators but error typing and some ergonomics still fall short.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Async/await intro
- 1:49Combine’s reactive model
- 3:56Async/await advantages
- 5:21Value streams in async/await
- 8:10AsyncStream power
- 11:42Combining streams
- 14:29Error handling
- 19:02Cancellation
- 21:52Trade-offs vs Combine
- 22:13Q&A
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