GSOC 2025: Call for contributors We are thrilled to announce that the Scala Center organization has been accepted for Google Summer of Code 2025! Scala Center (@scala_lang)

Drawing Heighway’s Dragon - Recursive Function Rewrite From Imperative Style in Pascal 64 To Functional Style in Scala 3 Philip Schwarz (@philip_schwarz)

From Python to Scala: Rewriting 27k Lines of a CLI This is the story of sbcontrol, an internal tool created within SwissBorg to facilitate communication with internal APIs (gRPC and Kafka) for operational and testing purposes. Voytek Pituła (@Krever01)

JDK 17 will be the next minimum version required by Scala 3 Scala 3 will require JDK 17+, starting from Scala 3.8. This will enable the compiler and ecosystem to move faster and leverage new features and APIs. Tomasz Godzik (@TomekGodzik)

Spotify FOSS Fund 2024 We’re excited to announce that Typelevel has been chosen as a recipient of the 2024 Spotify FOSS Fund! As a result, Spotify has donated €20,000 to Typelevel’s OpenCollective. Andrew Valencik

Functional World #16, Mar 11th, Online Event Join a talk by Michał Pawlik: "Scala in 2025: How to Start, What to Learn?" Functional World

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London Scala User Group Meetup, Apr 16th, London Solving Scala's Build Problem with Mill & Mystery talk. London Scala User Group (@londonscala)

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15% discount for LambdaConf, May 10th - 16th, Estes Park, CO, USA This year's conference will feature a hand-picked lineup of renowned and new speakers, thought-provoking keynotes, hands-on workshops, hackathons, and panel discussions. Whether you are a seasoned professional or just starting your journey in functional programming and AI, LambdaConf 2025 offers something for everyone. LambdaConf (@lambda_conf)

CFP for Lambda Days, June 12th-13th, Kraków, Poland Call for Talks deadline: Feb 9th, don't hesitate! Our event is one of the biggest functional programming conferences in Europe with 2 days packed with inspiring talks, networking opportunities, and, of course, some fun(). LambdaDays (@LambdaDays)

Scala Days 2025 CFP, Aug 19th - 21st, Lausanne, Switzerland Submit your talk to be part of Scala Days 2025! The Call for Proposals is officially open and will close on April 6th, 2025, at 11:30 pm GMT. Scala Center (@scala_lang)

Kyo: A New Approach to Functional Effects in Scala with Flavio Brasil and Adam Hearn Learn about Kyo, a new functional effect system for Scala! We discuss what effect systems are, their benefits, and how Kyo simplifies functional programming with algebraic effects and a unified monad. Flavio and Adam walk through a live demo showcasing Kyo's type system, effect handling (including environment and error management), and composability. Perfect for anyone interested in functional programming on the JVM Flavio Brasil and Adam Hearn (@fbrasisil @adamhearn_)

scala-uri 4.2.0 Now with Native 0.5 support. Anton Sviridov (@velvetbaldmime)

scala-nameof 4.1.0 Get the name of an variable, function, class member, or type as a string--at compile-time! Derek Wickern

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