There are over a million Scala developers. However, conference videos only get hundreds of views, and even the most popular ones from Rock the JVM only have a few thousand, which is about 0.4 % of all developers. Where is everybody? #scala
The Stack Overflow 2025 survey results are online. Nothing has changed for Scala; it still has its 2.6%. Meanwhile, Rust and Kotlin are growing, while Java has declined slightly. Interestingly, I don't see Haskell on the list anymore. 😳
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
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
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
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
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! ⚡
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