📢 Second batch ! To Effect or Not to Effect: clear perspective (& tradeoffs) into all the effect systems in the Scala ecosystem @rockthejvm.com AI Assistance for Scala Developers: What JetBrains Brings to the Table: let's discuss of JetBrains solutions (agent, MCP etc.) @makingthematrix.github.io

New long-form conversation: John De Goes (@jdegoes.bsky.social) on good API design, timeless skills for software engineers in the age of AI, improving communication skills as programmers, and making programming entertaining: youtu.be/q90QZ05wddU

New long-form conversation! Robert Martin aka "Uncle Bob" on AI, good programming principles, Clojure, type systems, discipline, productivity and more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWQ5...

Some people refer to Jonas as a '𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱'... In this @rockthejvm.com episode, Jonas Bońer discusses the future of open-source sustainability and how the actor model powers #agenticAI systems. Watch the full discussion: akka.io/blog/the-bac... #AgenticAI #AI #DistributedSystems #Developer

Good Scala developers tend to be amazing engineers overall. This explains (at least in part) why good Scala developers may seem hard to find - there's a lot of competition for them from other ecosystems too.

Now also for the Typelevel GSoC projects!

New long-form video! Jonas Bonér on Akka, distributed systems, the sustainability of open-source, and the backbone for agentic AI: youtu.be/wXM3-jAKDfQ

Rock the JVM is supporting Google Summer of Code with #Scala by providing all students free access to the Scala courses on the site

Fantastic discussion, lot of great points. Thank you @rockthejvm.com and @runarorama.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK4v...

Find out a practical way to learn full stack Scala 3 with ZIO and related libraries. If you’re interested in real life settings of ZIO stack, Laminar, and ScalaJS, this is the workshop for you! More info on @rockthejvm.com Real-World ZIO workshop is coming soon at scaladays.org/workshops

New long-form conversation! Rúnar Bjarnason on Unison, Scala, distributed systems and delightful programming: youtu.be/kK4vGU3iz9Y

The Real-World ZIO workshop will be led by Daniel Ciocirlan, founder of @rockthejvm.com Daniel has taught thousands of developers & trained high-performing teams at world-renowned companies. Learn from one of this year’s talented #ScalaDays educators & get tickets today at scaladays.org/workshops

New video! James Ward on Effect Oriented Programming, writing code in the age of AI, good mental models, speaking at conferences and endless curiosity: youtu.be/M8DuVYnsW5A

The last day of the @scalar-conf.com is over. Oh boy, what an adventure. 🎉 Many thanks to all the people who work to make it happen 🙏 Thanks to @rockthejvm.com for being such a great mentor and friend. Thanks to Martin for all the rest 😜

New video, and this time I'm doing something different: a long-form, wide-ranging conversation with none other than Martin Odersky, the creator of #Scala! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmpP...

Big honor to partner with Scala Center to make Scala more accessible and easy to learn! As part of this engagement, will donate 30% of all sales from the Scala website to the Scala Center to support the development of the best programming language out there 🚀

New video for the weekend: Structured concurrency in #Java: - what concurrency is good and bad at - how to organize concurrent code with scopes - error handling - shutdowns, resource cleanup and avoiding leaks - custom policies youtu.be/smZayMmPsKw