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RFC: We intend to deprecate support for ECMAScript 5.1 in the next version of #Scala.js. If you are still relying on it, please weigh in on the PR and tell us why. The default has been ECMAScript 2015 since Scala.js v1.0.0. github.com/scala-js/scala…

On the way to make #scala a realtime procedural graphics editor :) 3D and animations are coming! #gpu #generativeart

🚀 Introducing Scala Highlights – a new quarterly newsletter! Read it now 👉 scala-lang.org/highlights/202…

Roguelike-Starterkit 0.6.0 (Terminal graphics for Indigo) This release uses Indigo's new UI capabilities to provide ASCII / Terminal UI components for roguelike games and other terminal applications. github.com/PurpleKingdomG…

Ultraviolet 0.4.0 (GLSL Shaders) Not often this one gets much love, despite being the bedrock of our graphics engine. - Exciting new color value interpolators - Built-in SDF shapes - Noise helpers github.com/PurpleKingdomG…

So! It's been ages! For releases, 2024 was my 'lost' year as I slogged through the surprisingly hard problem of building a component UI system from scratch. But I'm pleased to announce a raft of new releases. If you want to do some weird stuff with #Scala, look no further.. 🧵

#Scala.js 1.18.2 is released! It contains one more backward compatibility fix, improves compatibility with Scala 2.13.16, and improves the generated code for js.Dynamic.literal() with Scala 2.13.x. scala-js.org/news/2025/01/2…

Happy New Year! 🎊 Excited to see you tonight for the first Scala Talks of 2025 at Quantexa! Hear from Gabriel Asman on Optics in Scala Using Monocle and from Roberto Tyley on Joyful & Secure Publishing to Maven Central. meetu.ps/e/NCsq6/WRtQK/i

We are pleased to announce the release of #Scala.js 1.18.1 (instead of the expected 1.18.0). This is mostly a bugfix release. It also contains internal improvements that will support future enhancements. scala-js.org/news/2025/01/0…

Metals 1.4.2 has been released! 🦬 This release again focuses on stability, but we have a new code action to infer method added by one of the contributors! 🥳 Try it out in your favourite editor! scalameta.org/metals/blog/20…

📯 Scala 3.6 is out! 💪 Improved syntax for givens, context bounds (SIP-64) 💪 Multiple, interleaved type parameter lists (SIP-47) 🧪 Experimental features, such as named tuples 🎉 and more; details: scala-lang.org/news/3.6.2 ⚠️ use 3.6.2; ignore 3.6.1 and 3.6.0

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@Krever01 @Anh32920995 I'm not comfy with the connotations of 'smarter', feels too loaded, but I hear what you're saying and agree to an extent. The nuance is probably too subtle for debate here.😇 I am prepared to concede that Scala tends to attract and retain a certain flavour of developer.

@davidjamessmith @Anh32920995 I think scala devs are "smarter" in a sense due to survivorship bias. It's not the easiest language and whoever stays with it has a bigger likelihood of being beyond the 50th percentile. It doesn't say anything about individuals but that's my intuition if looked statistically

What's the value proposition of Scala? You pay x1.5, but you get x3 output. You get 1/10 of the talent pool but you run 1/50 of the interviews. You can't grow as fast as with Java but you can do much more with much less. And the cost of running a company (e.g. processes, communication) grows with a number of employees. So yeah, you won't build another Google with just Scala. But you can't definitely build a lot.

@Anh32920995 @Krever01 A fair challenge. Scala alone isn't enough and no, Scala dev's aren't smarter. (Well, I'm not anyway!😅) The advocates here (IMO) are saying Scala and meaning: Scala, with Cats Effect / ZIO (...not Akka), in FP style leveraging advanced types. That's the sweet spot. (for BE)

@Krever01 ... Scala code is easier to read, so easier to modify: I don't think so (look at the Java examples on akka.io, look great to me) Scala frameworks are better than Java ones: I don't think so. I still don't see why Scala project output is 3x the Java project one.

@Krever01 I think an easy trap to fall into, is the knee jerk notion that 'growth' means hiring loads of people. If you're using a language like Scala, where a few can do a lot, then trying to hire like you're scaling a Java/Go shop leads to problems ...and inevitably, layoffs.

@Krever01 My sentiments exactly. 💯 We built and ran TWO big commercial video streaming services with a handful of people. How you deploy and empower those people matters a lot, however. The language won't fix your engineering culture problems for you.

Uploaded the video of my talk from the Scala.IO conference: Better Scala Builds with the Mill Build Tool youtube.com/watch?v=xbGG7M…