The Signify team are brimming with excitement that Scala Days is nearly here!
Have you planned all the talks you will be attending? Make sure one of them is Lukas Rytz's talk as the Lightbend engineer has great knowledge to share. Scala Days caught up with Lukas to find out all about his background and highlights so far.
'Are you excited about Scala 3.0? We are! That’s why we cannot wait for the talk “How are we going to migrate to Scala 3.0, aka Dotty?” by Lukas Rytz, Software Engineer at Lightbend working on the Scala compiler.
This talk focuses on the path that will lead us to Scala 3.0, including a recap of the most important changes in Scala 3.0, an overview of incompatibilities and possible complications, and ways to address these challenges. We will also hear about the Scala 2.14 roadmap as a way to transition to Scala 3.0.
In advance of this highly anticipated talk at Scala Days Lausanne, we spoke to Lukas about his journey of learning and exploring Scala, the biggest challenges that developers starting with Scala face and why one should not be afraid to get started.
What is your most favorite Scala Days story or memory?
What’s your background and what does your current role involve?
I did my Ph.D. in Martin’s lab and already enjoyed working on the language and the compiler back then. One small addition to the language that grew on my desk was named and default arguments, released in Scala 2.8. After my Ph.D. I was very lucky to get the opportunity to join Typesafe, the company now known as Lightbend, to work in the Scala team. This team maintains the Scala compiler, the standard library, and is involved in shaping the evolution of the language.
What’s the biggest highlight of your career so far?
Why did you choose Scala and what kind of problems does it solve for you?
What is the most important challenge Scala developers are facing today?
I think the breath of the Scala ecosystem can be quite daunting at times. There are multiple islands of libraries and technologies that can be used to implement a system. There seems to be so much to learn before you can even get started! Also, the language itself offers a lot of possibilities to organize your source code. This is one of Scala’s strengths – Scala is intended to be a scalable language – but it can also stand in the way of going for a pragmatic solution for the problem at hand.
What is one thing that could address this challenge?
Who should attend your talk at Scala Days and why?
Whom would you like to connect with at the conference?
registered for Scala Days Lausanne! can't wait :D
— (@NthPortal) February 28, 2019
She is a very active, competent and super friendly contributor since more than a year, and I’m really looking forward to finally meet her in person.
Anything else you’d like to mention?
Do they have good coffee at EPFL nowadays!?!
Don’t miss Lukas Rytz and his talk “How are we going to migrate to Scala 3.0, aka Dotty?” at Scala Days Lausanne on June 12th. Book your ticket now. '
This interview was conducted by and originally posted by Scala Days.