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February 16th, 2023, ISSUE 469

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Performance tips for IntelliJ Scala Plugin

There are some things you can try yourself to improve your IntelliJ IDEA and the Scala plugin experience, like implementing configuration tweaks and maintaining good coding practices.
Maciej Gorywoda (@makingthematrix)
Introduction to Bazel for Scala developers

Bazel requires users to manage a lot more build configurations than other build tools such as sbt and Maven. However, this is an acceptable tradeoff for very large projects. considering the scalable build speed thanks to Bazel’s advantages, such as reproducible builds and remote cache.
Rikito Taniguchi (@tanishiking25)
Gradle Inc. Acquires Triplequote to Expand Developer Productivity Solutions Footprint

Gradle now extends its developer productivity solution portfolio directly to the Scala developer community by speeding up builds with the world’s only parallel compiler for the Scala language, Hydra. Additionally, Martin Odersky, creator of the Scala programming language and advisory board member to Triplequote, will continue in a technical advisory role at Gradle.
Gradle Inc.
Concise enumeration in Scala

This is personally my favorite approach for simple enumeration as it keeps the code concise and clear.
Julien Truffaut (@JulienTruffaut)

VIDEOS

Akka Streams - Working with Stage Actors

This video describes a realistic scenario in which Akka Streams can interact with an external system (like Kafka). We quickly find that the built-in Akka Streams components are insufficient for reasonable requirements, and we implement a custom flow-shaped component with the GraphStage API.
Daniel Ciocîrlan (@rockthejvm)

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RELEASES

Cats Effect 3.5.0-RC1 (a major upgrade!)

Make sure to read the release notes for this one!
Cats Effect contributors
scalaxb 1.9.1

Now with Scala 3 support!
scalaxb contributors
otel4s

An OpenTelemetry implementation for Scala. The design goal is to fully and faithfully implement the OpenTelemetry Specification atop Cats Effect.
otel4s contributors

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