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Re:Evolving Scala by isjustintime on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @04:44AM (#43480084)
I liked Scala and was excited about learning and using it when it was picking up steam many years back. Unfortunately, it felt like there wasn't as much traction, and Scala has been siloed into some niche domains like Spark. It's a bummer since it's so nice to write with.
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Re:Evolving Scala by okr on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @07:31AM (#43481022)
Yeah, spark was for me the reason to learn spark, as the Java Api was annoying.

But i do not like to see switch between java and scala and these days also kotlin. Syntax model switches in my head drive me nuts. :))

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Re:Evolving Scala by manojlds on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @05:06AM (#43480215)
My favourite was always Akka Streams. I loved working with it so much.
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Re:Evolving Scala by margorczynski on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @08:54AM (#43481709)
+1, it's an amazing library. Actors is also great along with the rest of the Akka stack. Shame what LB did to it.
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Re:Evolving Scala by drewhk on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @09:44AM (#43482213)
This warms my heart in an otherwise bland day :)
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