I posted the last batch of my books reviews from 2025. Double sized (20 positions) because I was lazy. One great book about investment, and a lot of other good ones. medium.com/vp-of-books/...

Some notes from a recent Scala 3 migration I did.

New Workflows4s DevLog is out! youtu.be/xK1vmQhKrAM

Hey @kitlangton.bsky.social does neotype require runtime dependency? @baldram.github.io pointed me to it, and I see it doesn't allocate, but I'm curious if it requires any symbols at runtime at all. I'm asking because if not I could safely use it in my libs without binary compatibility issues.

I am excited, to say the least. medium.com/business4s-b...

🎉Workflows4s is finally out! A Scala library designed for simpler, type-safe, and lightweight workflows. medium.com/business4s-b...

The next episode of Workflows4s DevLog is out, enjoy! youtu.be/KRg42PJW1sA

Workflows4s in one picture

I finally posted what should have been posted two months ago. Anyway, I promise to get back on track with my reading. medium.com/vp-of-books/...

A Scala rewrite story you might actually like medium.com/p/8513e20cd268

Look at me, I'm a YouTuber now. youtu.be/aDooTCNwU2g?...

A bit overdue but finally there. My feelings about Rust. medium.com/@w.pitula/ru...

🚀 Introducing Scala Highlights – a new quarterly newsletter! Read it now 👉 scala-lang.org/highlights/2...

Chimney 1.7.0 with: - transformation from more than 1 value - recursive Patchers - and much more! Easily one of top 3 Chimney releases (next to 0.8.0 - with Scala 3 support - and 1.0.0 - with stable API) github.com/scalalandio/...

What's the most creative solution you have implemented in your career (or recently)? (Shameless gathering of talk material)

Nothing to see here, definitely not a great opportunity for Scala devs. www.reddit.com/r/scala/comm...

📚 Just published my 2024 reading summary: 120 books, 1800 hours, and a lot of insights. You will find the top 18 books at the very top of the article. medium.com/vp-of-books/...

People really don't want to listen about documentation 😅🤷

📚 New Batch of Book Reviews! This month’s highlights include leadership insights, masculinity, network science, grimdark worlds, and more. medium.com/vp-of-books/... Non-Fiction: - The First 90 Days: 4/4 - Linked: 3+/4 - Billy No-Mates: 3+/4 - Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: 3/4

Playing with alternative rendering fro workflows4s. What's your preference?

I published the penultimate (I learned a new word!) batch of my book reviews for this year. A lot of excellent positions! medium.com/vp-of-books/...

One of the main design principles of workflows4s is a downward scalability - ability to trim setup complexity based on needs. Currently, it's getting a revamped approach to waking up workflows (e.g. "wait 3 days" or "interrupt if nothing happens for 24h"). It will ...

18 days into learning Rust. It's not a bad language, but I definitely don't want to solve problems requiring it.

I really like where sbt is going. Performance optimisations, simplification and collaboration from Scala Center! Kudos @eed3si9n.com eed3si9n.com/sbt-2.0.0-M3

I wrote a followup on the recent topic of Scala tolling and stability :) Hopefully not that hot of a take. medium.com/@w.pitula/on...

Hey, my talk from #ScalaIO is available! :) Check how to model business logic in a more manageable way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uROj...

Scala doesn't need tooling. This got solved few times over. Scala doesn't need stability. This got solved with Scala 3. It's not perfect but we have a decent balance between stability and innovation. What scala needs is good press.

I described our hiring process a bit. Yes, it's 7-steps long, but I believe there is some point to it. medium.com/swissborg-en...

Workflows4s is getting Postgres runtime, refactor of the runtime interface and overhaul of docs :)

7 days into #AdventOfCode in Rust and the main lesson is: don't fight with the borrow checker. Just clone the shit out of it.

- Two big topics at work, few smaller ones - Advent of code - Workflows4s development - Business4s mentorships - Wife started working full time - Considering learning chess - Christmas preparations Hmm, I probably shouldn't try to fit more into my brain at the moment.

Today was the day my whole career & education was preparing me for. I implemented a sorting algorithm. #AdventOfCode

Finally all my setup is connected with a single cable. What a relief. Btw. should I get a 3rd ext display? It would be 4th in total, and I would have to put all of them vertical. Anyone works like that?

Day4 was fun, used enums for the first time. From tomorrow I will start counting how many times I had to fight with the borrow checker. #AdventOfCode #Rust

I woke up at 5 am just to realize #AdventOfCode releases puzzles at 6 am. So I updated my Mac to Sequoia instead. And how is your day going?

I moved bsky to my main screen. It's next to X for now but there are chances X will go away. Too many dumb videos and pro-russia tweets.

Batched Book Reviews #2024.10 medium.com/vp-of-books/... Non-fiction: - The Three Pillars of Zen (3-/4) - Gory Details (3+/4) - 12 Rules for Life (3-/4) - How to Read a Book (2+/4)

I just stocked up my library. 20 great titles, 120$, around 2 months of reading. Pretty sweet deal.

My city (Gdańsk) supposedly won a competition for best European Christmas market. Anyone fancies a visit? 😀

Communication hint: - He will not deliver it on time - I don't feel comfortable assuming he will deliver it on time Only one of those statements you can be sure of. One is accusatory and blaming. The other is just a description of your feelings. Only one can be challenged.

I looked at workflows4s guide, and I have the opposite of usual "what a moron wrote this" when inspecting your old work. It's pretty cool for once. C'mon, show me another tool that allows you to design & render a workflow with ~15 lines of code, while using the same API as the later implementation.

I really enjoyed the conversation we had today. Recommended if you want to get some general overview on the business domain modelling (in scala and in general). www.youtube.com/live/-8k3WfX...

Friday at 2pm CEST, I’ll be discussing about domain modelling with @krever01.bsky.social and Lukasz Bialy in the next episode of Scala Space Podcast. Join us on YouTube or on Twitch. www.youtube.com/live/-8k3WfX...

scala-cli + ChatGPT is a colossal enabler. I wanted to figure out slowest testuites across all sbt projects. Took literally below 1 minute to get the script (to parse junit XMLs) and the results. Writing it by hand would take me at least 10 minutes.

Ok, I'm here. Not going to transfer from X yet but at least can see whats happening :)