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Michał Pawlik @michal.pawlik.dev · 6d

Ever wonder why you can't just override #sbt settings in a task? They're immutable, but there's a workaround 👀

Wrote up a quick #TIL on using `Project.extract` to run tasks with custom settings. #Scala
blog.michal.pawlik.dev/posts/til/sb...

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Michał Pawlik @michal.pawlik.dev · Aug 21

Slides from our #ScalaDays talk with @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy are out! polyvariant.github.io/are-you-tall...
#Scala #Smithy4s

Are You Tall Enough for This Ride? - Slidev

"## Are You Tall Enough for This Ride? Real-world Challenges in Code Generation\n\n[Michał Pawlik](https://michal.pawlik.dev)\n[Jakub Kozłowski](https://kubukoz.com)\n"

polyvariant.github.io

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · Aug 21

Here's one for all the game devs out there www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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Mateusz Kubuszok @kubuszok.com · Jul 16

Some time ago I made a presentation that wasn't recorded...

But at least some of the points from it could be showcased with this gist

gist.github.com/MateuszKubus...

Newtypes and tagged types

Newtypes and tagged types. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

gist.github.com

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Mateusz Kubuszok @kubuszok.com · Jul 16

If you're missing some feature in Chimney - contribute it!

github.com/scalalandio/...

The future of Chimney · scalalandio chimney · Discussion #762

TL;DR - I intent to develop only what is necessary to keep the library working (when changes in the compiler would make the currently working code make it no-longer working code, like with 3.7-give...

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a ton of crates @tonofcrates.bsky.social · Jun 17

it is impossible to generate code comments from source code because good comments are definitionally based on things not in the source code (intent, counterfactuals, experiments, etc.)

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Matej Cerny @matejcerny.bsky.social · Jun 10

Fantastic meetup yesterday! Shout out to the organizers and speakers for putting it all together. It was like looking into my CV: first job - Futures, next job - Actors, then monad transformers, and now tagless final. 😂

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Michał Pawlik @michal.pawlik.dev · Jun 10

Functional #JVM Meetup in Prague 🇨🇿 was a blast!
It was awesome to meet fellow #functional programmers and discuss #scala over great Czech beer 🍻

Matej Cerny @matejcerny.bsky.social · Jun 10

Fantastic meetup yesterday! Shout out to the organizers and speakers for putting it all together. It was like looking into my CV: first job - Futures, next job - Actors, then monad transformers, and now tagless final. 😂

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Lambda Days @lambdadays.bsky.social · Jun 12

Pick your track! As always, we're giving you lots of incredible talks to choose from. But don't worry if some that you're interested in overlap - after the conference you get access to all recorded presentations.

#lambdadays

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Adam Warski @warski.org · Jun 13

The slides for both "Virtual Threads, 2 years later" and "What is Functional Programming" are available on my website: warski.org/talks/

Talks | Adam Warski: programming articles & videos

Architecture, distributed systems, functional programming, event sourcing, developer experience & more.

warski.org

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Michał Płachta @mplachta.com · Jun 13

Good morning @lambdadays.bsky.social!

Today, together with @michal.pawlik.dev, we will go through the history of Scala: there will monads, transformers, actors, singers and the meaning of being in a startup!

Come coin us in Track 2 @13:30!

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Lambda Days @lambdadays.bsky.social · Jun 9

🧭 Coming to #Lambda Days?
We’ve got a handy Attendee Guide with local tips: where to eat, drink, chill, and explore in #Krakow!

👉https://ow.ly/P95M50VPxVn

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Michał Płachta @mplachta.com · Jun 10

🤣 CV driven presentation!

Thanks for attending! We really enjoyed giving the talk to the wonderful crowd in Prague yesterday! Hope to see you soon again! 🇨🇿

Matej Cerny @matejcerny.bsky.social · Jun 10

Fantastic meetup yesterday! Shout out to the organizers and speakers for putting it all together. It was like looking into my CV: first job - Futures, next job - Actors, then monad transformers, and now tagless final. 😂

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Adam Warski @warski.org · Jun 9

Announcing Chimp: build type-safe, boilerplate-less #MCP servers in #Scala using the HTTP transport!

Below is a self-contained, scala-cli runnable example:

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Adam Warski @warski.org · Jun 2

The design is based on what @mplachta.com presented during @scalar-conf.com this year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWvT...

Retrying the retry design by Michał Płachta | Scalar Conference 2025

YouTube video by SoftwareMill

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Lambda Days @lambdadays.bsky.social · May 19

Flavours of Scala with @mplachta.com & @michal.pawlik.dev at #LambdaDays! 🌶️

Explore "better Java," #Haskell for humans, and more as they guide you through 2 decades of #Scala evolution. Spice up your coding style! 🔥

📅 12-13 June 2025 in Krakow, Poland!
🎟️ www.lambdadays.org

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Michał Pawlik @michal.pawlik.dev · Apr 10

Model Contex Protocol coming soon to Metals for even better #Scala IDE experience.

Give it a try!

Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · Apr 10

As promised we are working hard on providing you with the Scala MCP server, we already have a WiP pull request ready and some courageous souls are actually testing it!

You can take a look and already give some feedback at github.com/scalameta/m...

WIP: MCP support by kasiaMarek · Pull Request #7390 · scalameta/metals

resolves: scalameta/metals-feature-requests#430

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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · Apr 2

With our new Scala MCP server we are able to eliminate hallucinations and unproductive guesswork for code that LLMs aren't familiar with by exposing API shapes from the caches of Metals and the Scala compiler.

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Lambda Days @lambdadays.bsky.social · Apr 2

Two great talks on building languages at #LambdaDays 2025:
Nicolas Rinaudo will show you how to create a programming language from scratch and level up your tools and #DSL. 💻
Zainab Ali will treat docs like code, improving your workflow. #Racket #Elixir #Scala 📝

🎟️ Register here: www.lambdadays.org

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noelwelsh.bsky.social @noelwelsh.bsky.social · Mar 28

Just added slides for my talk "Tagless Final for Humans" to my page of talks:

noelwelsh.com/landing/talks/

I gave this talk today at @scalar-conf.com. The core is a new encoding for tagless final in Scala, which makes much better use of Scala's features than the standard encoding.

Noel Welsh: Talks

noelwelsh.com

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Michał Pawlik @michal.pawlik.dev · Mar 31

I had a fantastic time at the conference—connecting with Scala enthusiasts, enjoying great talks, and sharing ideas. Special thanks to the @Softwaremill for an amazing event!

I was honored to speak this year, and I’m sharing my slides here: majk-p.github.io/functor-on-a...

#Scalar2025 #Scala

Self-balancing tree called B-tree is a popular way to implement indexing in databases

majk-p.github.io

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Michał Płachta @mplachta.com · Mar 29

Thank you, @scalar-conf.com! I had a blast! Here are the slides for my talk "Retrying the retry design": michalplachta.com/slides/retries

You can find the code (PoC!) at Github: github.com/polyvariant/... ("o rety!" is Polish for "yikes!" 💥)

Blog post and hopefully some PRs coming next week 🤞

Michał Płachta giving a talk at Scalar 2025

A big screen with a slide titled: Let's talk about design

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Michał Płachta @mplachta.com · Mar 28

That was a good one!

Jamie Thompson @bishabosha.bsky.social · Mar 28

Yesterday at @scalar-conf.com I unleashed my efforts of tinkering with the Scala named tuples until I could push no more :)
speakerdeck.com/bishabosha/g...

Going Structural with Named Tuples

Exploring the benefits of Structural Typing in the Scala Programming language, and how it is made more convenient with the introduction of the Named Tup…

speakerdeck.com

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Scalar @scalar-conf.com · Mar 27

Welcome to the 11th edition of #scalarconf

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mmatloka.bsky.social @mmatloka.bsky.social · Mar 24

Interested in learning more about Rust 🦀 or Scala?

This week, @rustikon.dev and @scalar-conf.com Conferences are happening in Warsaw — both organised by us at @softwaremill.com . It’s a great opportunity to connect, share knowledge, and dive deeper into these technologies.

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Rustikon

Join the first Rust conference in Poland, Rustikon! Be part of something new and vibrant organized by SoftwareMill Team!

www.rustikon.dev

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