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Monads got a facelift in Scala 3 with braceless syntax, aka significant indentation https://dotty.epfl.ch/docs/reference/other-new-features/inde...

The recent focus on Akka is in line with Lightbend securing a 25MM funding round last year, and the ensuing layoffs of Scala engineers https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22842166…

Please note: the official site of Scala 3 is scala-lang.org For Pure FP there's scala3.com

If this Principle of Least Power had been applied to sbt, what would have been the result? Compilation times depend on scalac and not so much sbt. Perhaps Scala adoption would be h…

The maintainer of Slick was in the last round of layoffs at Lightbend. Not sure who maintains Slick these days. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22854494

And the story goes on: upgrading Spark to Scala 2.13 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-25075

Scala 3 supports braceless syntax, aka significant indentation, aka "YAML is to JSON as Scala 3 is to Scala 2" https://dotty.epfl.ch/docs/reference/other-new-features/inde... There…

Scala 3 making progress is great, just like progress on the Scala 2.13 camp: Scala on Track to Support Java 9 Module System https://github.com/scala/scala-dev/issues/529 Scala 2.13…

YMMV. Some features of Scala 2.x have been dropped in Scala 3 (ETA late 2020), others added. Features we know Scala 3 will have https://dotty.epfl.ch/docs/ A comparison of features…

Stats of last week layoffs at Lightbend (Akka, Scala) right after 25MM funding round https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22854494

Stats of recent layoffs at Lightbend (Akka, Scala) just after 25MM funding round An analysis of what could be going on https://twitter.com/scala_ninja/status/1248368141765193728 La…

Scala 3 could improve on 2.x struggles with supporting JDK 9 and up: Support features of JDK 11+ https://github.com/scala/scala-dev/issues/139 Support Java Module System https://gi…

A word of caution on Scala 3: Scala 3 still in beta, lacks clear roadmap, allows choosing between two syntaxes (python-style vs braces). Dotty Community Build lacking Lightbend fra…

For context see Lightbend secures 25MM funding round, proceeds to layoff Scala contributors https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22842166

Other discussions: https://twitter.com/jamie_allen/status/1248019842877145089 http://eed3si9n.com/6years-at-lightbend https://twitter.com/phonytope/status/1248025015447998465 https…

Apparently layoffs underway at Typesafe/Lightbend Scala contributors, no less. https://mobile.twitter.com/jamie_allen/status/12480198428771...

Farewells piling up: Six years at Lightbend, by Eugene Yokota (Scala sbt, scalaxb, scopt) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22836399