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So we've got our October Scala in the City speaker lined-up and we're very excited about inviting them to speak at Scala in the City for the first time! You may guess who it is BUT you will have wait to find out for certain. What we do want to know from you is what topic you would like to hear them present, we have 4 options for you so have a read below and make sure to head...

What was your experience of learning Scala? Scala Engineer, Marco Lopes studied many resources which led him into the path of Scala. If you're just learning then this is a great article to check out and help you along the way or maybe you just want to brush up on those skills! 'How I Got Into Scala This article describes a list of resources I’ve used to find my way into Scal...

Why do you think we need Akka Cluster? How does it benefit you? Check out this awesome SoftwareMill article by Scala Engineer, Andrzej Ludwikowski to find all the Akka Cluster answers! Some time ago my friend wrote an article about Akka Cluster anti-patterns. It’s time for a counterweight post. I will try to answer the title question from a slightly different angle than in t...

It's time to re-imagine database access. At Scala Days, Rob Norris explored Skunk, a Scala library that provides a pure functional, non-blocking API for Postgres, without JDBC. If you're looking to see the power of modern functional database API then this is the talk for you! Pure Functional Database Programming‚ without JDBC After 20+ years of JDBC it's time to re-imagine d...

What are the most common anti-patterns related to Akka usage? At Scala Days Copenhagen, Software Consultant, Manuel Bernhardt gave us insight on the Akka anti-patterns that we really should be aware of as well as the appropriate solutions for each of these! 8 Akka anti-patterns you'd better be aware of Abstract: CAUTION: If you are responsible for an Akka system deployed to ...

What are the current options when building programs and managing effects in the type system? At Scale by the Bay, Alexandre Bergeron helped us decide how to choose one and what the differences are between options! Effects types in Scala - How to choose one The Scala community has been interested in representing asynchronous computations through the type system for a long tim...

For the first year, Signify is sponsoring Haskell eXchange and we are over the moon about it. As Functional Programming enthusiasts, we love a conference where we get the chance to speak to the community and take the time to say thanks for all the support by giving you lots of tech swag! Taking place on 10th and 11th October 2019, Haskell eXchange is back for the eighth inst...

The Typelevel Cats library is essential however, how often do you make use of it? At Scala in the City, Software Engineer, Monty West dispelled any complicated thoughts you may have had on Cats and introduced us to the benefits of a core pattern Cats employs, the type class. How to write like Cats For many Scala programmers the Typelevel Cats library is essential. It is an e...

Thank you so much to everyone who entered our competition to win a ticket to attend Lambda World, one of the largest Functional programming events in Europe! We are pleased to announce that we have our winners so... Congratulations to Barnabas Olah and Vilmos Feher! Barnabas and Vilmos are the lucky ones who will be on their way to Lambda World 2019 to watch awesome speaker ...

How do you impose type-level constraints? Engineer, Daniel Ciocîrlan at Scala in the City showed us how we can achieve complex relationships between types and sort types! Type-Level Sorting in Scala Scala's type system and implicit resolution mechanism allow for sophisticated type-level relationship inference. In this talk, we will see how we can impose type-level constraint...