This week in #Scala (Apr 22, 2024)

Welcome to the new edition of #ThisWeekInScala!

This blog aims to keep you updated with the latest news from the world of Scala and Reactive programming.

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New Content

• Lean Scala
• 10 flavors of Scala’s future — Scalar 2024 recap
• Algebraic Effects from Scratch
• The Death of Monads? Direct Style Algebraic Effects
• How implicits are useful
• Appreciation post: ScalaTags
• raise4s, porting of the Raise DSL from the Arrow Kt Kotlin library
• ZiKyo provides a ZIO-like API for the algebraic effects library Kyo, allowing users who are used to ZIO to construct and manipulate Kyo effects in a more familiar way
• sbt 2.x remote cache with Bazel compatibility

Events

• Scalendar April 2024
• Scala Meetup in Stockholm (April 25)
• ScalaMatsuri 2024 is coming
• LambdaConf May 4–10 2024 (Call For Proposals and Call for Volunteers)
• ZIO Hackathon, Colorado, USA (in-person & online)
• Learn Scala 3 Metaprogramming with John A. De Goes 10% OFF for This Week In Scala Readers)

Releases