matejcerny 6 months ago

Explaining Scala variance is a typical interview question, and for good reason! #scala

Ross A. Baker: Understanding Scala Variance

matejcerny 6 months ago

Wouldn't it be nice if Scala supported pattern matching in function definitions, just like Haskell or Elixir? #scala #haskell #elixir

matejcerny 6 months ago

Scala 3 only SMTP client built on top of cats-effect + fs2 👀 #scala

GitHub

GitHub - roman0x58/pencil-mail: Functional SMTP client for Scala with AWS SES support and MIME/TLS/auth enhancements

Functional SMTP client for Scala with AWS SES support and MIME/TLS/auth enhancements - roman0x58/pencil-mail

matejcerny 6 months ago

Hearing @Nicolai say things like sums and products, algebraic data types, sealed interfaces with records... it's just a matter of time before he switches to Scala 😀 #java #scala

matejcerny 6 months ago

"We pay more for ingress of logs than service uptime" 😂

matejcerny 6 months ago

When you go to grab a coffee, thinking you have 10 minutes before the pipeline finishes... #scala

matejcerny 6 months ago

📢 A new YouTube channel all about Scala! Hit the subscribe button - this guy already has 8 episodes on macros! #scala https://www.youtube.com/@Kalin-Does-Code/videos

matejcerny 6 months ago

AWS has open-sourced pgactive, an extension enabling multi-region, active-active replication for PostgreSQL. If you are familiar with DynamoDB global tables, it uses the same approach - eventual consistency via "last-write-wins" conflict resolution. #postgres #dynamodb

Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Announcing open sourcing pgactive: active-active replication extension for PostgreSQL - AWS

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matejcerny 6 months ago

The kid is getting heavier and heavier. (On the way to Sněžka 🇨🇿/🇵🇱, Krkonoše)

matejcerny 6 months ago

Adding a new book to my wishlist 👇 #scala

Functional Stream Processing in Scala by Zainab Ali (Early Access)

Modern business applications are moving towards incremental processing. We design realtime data pipelines, event-driven architectures, reactive sys...

matejcerny 6 months ago

I just love listening to experienced programmers talk about "the old days". It reminds me of our high school teacher, who used to tell us stories about punch cards and stuff... #scala #closure

matejcerny 6 months ago

The author of Chimney is stepping back from active development. It's understandable given how long he worked on it and the many obstacles he must have faced with Scala version upgrades. #scala

GitHub

The future of Chimney · scalalandio/chimney · Discussion #762

TL;DR – I intend to develop only what’s necessary to keep the library working (i.e., when compiler changes break currently working code, like w...

matejcerny 6 months ago

I'd always heard about blocked bank accounts but never had any personal experience with it myself. Until this Monday, when I sold a car. My bank account has been blocked ever since and remains blocked even after seven phone calls with my bank. 🤬 My recommendation? Screw the traditional system and use #Bitcoin instead! ⚡

matejcerny 6 months ago

scala-cli 1.8.4 has been released with a bunch of fixes and updated dependencies, but most importantly, (experimental) publishing to Maven Central via the API should now work! 👏 #scala

GitHub

Release v1.8.4 · VirtusLab/scala-cli

(⚡️ experimental) publish support for the Sonatype Central Portal This Scala CLI version adds support for publishing artifacts to the Sonatype ...

matejcerny 7 months ago

Spring Boot with Scala 3 🤯 Heresy? I don't think so. It can actually be a great on-ramp for Java programmers! Just read the tech stack: cats-effect, doobie, circe... #java #scala #spring

GitHub

GitHub - halfhp/ScalaSpringExperiment: A Spring with Scala 3 Sample App

A Spring with Scala 3 Sample App. Contribute to halfhp/ScalaSpringExperiment development by creating an account on GitHub.

matejcerny 7 months ago

The release candidate of Kyo 1.0 is a huge success, and as Flavio wrote, it's a significant evolutionary step in Scala. But remember, based on the last survey, only about 30% of commercial projects have migrated to Scala 3 😬 #scala

GitHub

Release Kyo 1.0-RC1: A New Era of Simplicity and Stability · getkyo/kyo

We're excited to announce that Kyo is finally entering a period of API stabilization! 🚀 Over the past three years, we've quickly iterated on the...

matejcerny 7 months ago

Mill Build Tool v1.0.0 is out! 🎉 #scala ✅ Graal Native Launchers for lightning-fast commands (~100ms) ✅ JVM-free installation ✅ Bash/Zsh tab-completion ✅ Stable Kotlin & improved Android support

Mill Build Tool v1.0.0 Release Highlights :: The Mill Build Tool

matejcerny 7 months ago

Thumbs up to increase the priority of these feature requests! (the last post about this topic, I promise 😀) #scala -

GitHub

Feature Request: Use .config/bloop/ for project level settings · Issue #2698 · scalacenter/bloop

Dear Bloop Team, I propose that Bloop relocates its project-specific files from the root .bloop/ folder to .config/bloop/. This would hugely reduce...

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GitHub

Put project related configuration/files into .config directory · Issue #3775 · VirtusLab/scala-cli

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I propose scala-cli relocates its project-specific files from the root .scala-build/...

matejcerny 7 months ago

Turns out there is a dot-config initiative that promotes using the existing XDG standard. Basically, all the user settings go to .config, and all the temporary files go to .local. Can you help us @intellijidea @vscode @zed ? 🙏

dot-config.github.io

Use .config to store your project configs

dot-config promotes use of .config folders for project level settings

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matejcerny 7 months ago

I have one cosmetic proposition to tooling authors: let's start putting everything into a .scala folder 🙏 #scala