This week in #Scala (Apr 29, 2024)

Welcome to the new edition of #ThisWeekInScala!

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New Content

• Direct-style Effects Explained
• Spec-first and code-first, hand in hand
• Lean Scala: Reddit discussion
• Spark Connect + Scala 3: cool open source project idea
• Besom and Smithy4s on AWS — Scala 3 good vibes only
• Safe direct-style Scala: Ox 0.1.0 released
• build Android apps with Scala 2.11 and sbt 1.x
• wsl-snapshot — Scala batch scripts for snapshotting and restoring WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). Meant to be run with ammonite
• Possibility to move metals vscode extension from Typescript to Scala.js
• Caliban on Tailcalls’s GraphQL benchmarks
• Gears library in ScalaJS

Events

• Scalendar May 2024
• LambdaConf — The Grand Hackathon Finale, May 10th
• ScalaMatsuri 2024 is coming
• LambdaConf May 4–10 2024 (Call For Proposals and Call for Volunteers)
• ZIO Hackathon, Colorado, USA (in-person & online)