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March 2nd, 2023, ISSUE 471

READING

A solid checklist for configuring new Scala projects

A guide on how to set up a template with .gitignore, sbt-dotenv, .envrc, .sbtopts, .sdkmanrc, scalafmt, Scala Steward, mergify, and a few more essential base elements.
Krzysztof Ciesielski (@kpciesielski)
Coding Adventures with Party Parrot

Join the Parrot adventures and win a 50% discount for a Scalar Conference ticket.
SoftwareMill (@scalarconf)
fs2-kafka introduction

Encoding events, nuances of dealing with a state, fs2-kafka API that helps to deal with stream of events, and more.
Anton Kovalevsky (@antonkw_sky)
Scala Center Is Accepted as a Mentor Organization for GSoC 2023!

The GSoC contributor application opens on March 20th at 18:00 UTC and closes on April 4th at 18:00 UTC. Reach out to our mentors to discuss project ideas and submit your application before the deadline!
Scala Center (@scala_lang)

VIDEOS

Scala 3's New Compile-Time Features

Explore Scala 3's new compile-time features with Kit. Mirrors, HList-like Tuples, inlining, and more!
Kit Langton (@kitlangton)

EVENTS

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SoftwareMill (@scalarconf)
Call For Proposals - ZIO World 2023

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Ziverge (@zivergetech)
ZIO World, April 21st, Lisbon, Portugal (discount!)

The hybrid third edition of ZIO World showcases the power, performance, and productivity of ZIO 2 and its growing ecosystem. Use our exclusive link to get a 10% off for Scala Times readers!
Ziverge (@zivergetech)
Scala Days, June 4th-7th (Seattle, USA), Sept 11th - 12th (Madrid, Spain)

This year’s Scala Days marks the conference’s return since it was put on hold in 2020. This year we’re happy to host in Seattle, WA, in the US, and Madrid, Spain.
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Ziverge (@zivergetech)

RELEASES

zio-lmdb

Lightning Memory Database (LMDB) for Scala ZIO.
David Crosson (@crodav)
chimney 0.7.0

Introduce PartialTransformers, deprecate TransformerFs and unsafeOption flags, and other significant updates.
chimney contributors
quotidian

A menagerie of macro utilities and extensions for Scala 3.
Kit Langton (@kitlangton)

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