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Be an important part of the Scala community. Take a quick 5‐minute survey that directly impacts Scala’s roadmap, libraries, and tooling. This short survey evaluates Scala adoption and usage among developers. Click the link and complete the survey now to help shape the future of Scala. Scala Survey 2026 is brought to you by VirtusLab and the Scala Center. 👉 Take the survey: https://lnkd.in/d5NQ3gmM

Yearly Scala Survey is here! Please participate and help us evaluate Scala adoption ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/d5NQ3gmM

Scala documentation, web sites: What should be improved? Some of the Scala Center’s new funding from the Sovereign Tech Agency is earmarked for improving Scala’s documentation. I’m leading this part of the effort. Have any ideas for improvements or additions? We’re taking suggestions on this forum thread: https://lnkd.in/gFmmj53K

We’re happy to announce that Scala Workshop 2026 will take place in Brussels, co-located with ECOOP Conference, on Monday 29 June 2026 🎉 We invite 1–2 page talk proposals (not full papers) on anything Scala: language design and implementation, type systems, libraries and tooling, experience reports, industrial applications, and more. 🕒 Submission deadline: 23 March 2026 We look forward to your contributions! 👉 https://lnkd.in/epPjRivJ #Scala #ScalaLang #ProgrammingLanguages

The full agenda is finally on our website! 👉 Visit scalar-conf.com/agenda 🔥 Don't have your ticket yet? Grab it here: scalar-conf.com/tickets See you in Warsaw this March! #scalarconf #scala #functionalprogramming #scalaconference

Big news for the Scala ecosystem: the Sovereign Tech Agency is investing in Scala’s future. This investment recognizes Scala as critical digital infrastructure. The Scala Center will coordinate the work, covering security audits, sbt 2.0, core library maintenance, improved documentation, and long-term resilience. Huge thanks to the Sovereign Tech Agency for making open-source sustainability a public mission. Read more details: https://lnkd.in/e-hGxjax 

Here’s another set of Scala Days talks that step back and look at the bigger picture, from language safety and tooling to education, workflows, and community history. Some of these sessions zoom out into design and philosophy, others stay closer to day-to-day practice, but all of them reflect real experience and long-term thinking. 💡 Keynote: What's the deal with unsafe Rust? — Ralf Jung A clear explanation of what unsafe Rust is for, how it’s meant to be used, and how to think about safety guarantees. https://lnkd.in/ejKPE-yE ✨ On track with tracked — Kacper Korban An exploration of tracked values and how they help reason about dependencies and correctness. https://lnkd.in/eMshiemq 🔍 Keynote: How to Grow More Functional Programmers — Evan Czaplicki Thoughts on how people learn functional programming and how communities can support that growth. https://lnkd.in/eqtY_xGN 🤖 MeshCI: defining and running workflows in Scala — Jakob Odersky A look at defining and running workflows in Scala, focusing on structure, composability, and control. https://lnkd.in/er2FMsFC 🧪 A Typelevel retrospective — Arman Bilge A retrospective on the Typelevel ecosystem and its impact on how Scala is used today. https://lnkd.in/eCxZNUw9 💡 Business4s: Bridging the Gap Between Devs and the Business — By Any Means Necessary — Voytek Pituła A pragmatic look at connecting business concerns and technical implementation, using Scala as the common language. https://lnkd.in/ePg-QcHT ✨ Regenesca - Refactoring Generator of Source Code for Scala — Sakib Hadžiavdić An introduction to Regenesca and how automated refactoring can support long-term maintenance of Scala code. https://lnkd.in/eVZq28VS If you enjoy stepping back to reflect on where ideas come from and how they shape practice over time, this batch has a lot to offer.

Today’s set of Scala Days talks leans into the deeper layers of the ecosystem, from large-scale production systems to language tooling and internals. Some sessions focus on what it takes to build and evolve core infrastructure, others zoom in on language features, build tools, or the skills that shape better programmers over time. 💡 Designing the library powering Netflix's QoE with Scala 3 — Joan Goyeau A look at designing and evolving a Scala 3 library that runs at Netflix scale and supports quality-of-experience systems. https://lnkd.in/ekUAn-4P ✨ Just Import 'N' Go: Spec-first APIs without codegen — Tomas Mikula An exploration of spec-first API design in Scala, avoiding code generation by leaning on types and imports. https://lnkd.in/exscynpt 🔍 The first steps towards practical capture checking — Cao Nguyen Pham A practical discussion of capture checking and how it starts to fit into real Scala codebases. https://lnkd.in/eQExg4M8 🤖 sbt 2.0: go big — Eugene Yokota An overview of sbt 2.0, what’s changing, and how the new direction impacts Scala builds. https://lnkd.in/eJWPv9wR 🧪 Level Up: Become a Compiler Engineer \(and a Better Programmer\) — Jan-Pieter van den Heuvel A talk about compiler engineering as a learning path and how it sharpens your understanding of programming as a whole. https://lnkd.in/eGSuct_e If you’re interested in how Scala works at scale, how its tools evolve, or how digging into internals can make you a better developer, there’s a lot here worth spending time with.

Here’s another mix of Scala Days talks that look at Scala from very different angles, from personal learning journeys to language design, tooling, and everyday application code. Some of these sessions zoom out and ask big questions about Scala’s direction, while others zoom in on concrete problems like HTTP routing or editor support. 💡 From Paradigms to Percussion: A Beginner's parallel Journey (and struggles) with Scala and Drums — Priyanka Bose A personal and relatable story about learning Scala alongside learning a musical instrument, and the unexpected connections between the two. https://lnkd.in/eBBqCPrw ✨ Keynote: Where Are We With Scala's Capabilities? — Martin Odersky A reflective keynote on the current state of Scala, its strengths, and how its capabilities are evolving. https://lnkd.in/eg35HNEf 🔍 Coding the game of unspoken rules in Scala 3 — Adrien Piquerez, Benoît Fouré An exploration of how to model implicit rules and social dynamics in code using Scala 3. https://lnkd.in/ePh4RdaY 🤖 Routing Http Requests with Scala 3 — Noel Welsh A practical look at routing HTTP requests in Scala 3, with a focus on clear design and maintainable code. https://lnkd.in/eKh8w9mN 🧪 Unleashing the Full Potential of Metals — Tomasz Godzik A deep dive into Scala editor tooling and how Metals can significantly improve the development experience. https://lnkd.in/gSBRQwGD If you enjoy seeing Scala through both a human and a technical lens, this batch has a bit of both.