Shaping Your Scala Community
summary
Status update: post‑pandemic meetup attendance is fragmented, Scala 3 migration creates real upgrade friction because Spark lags on newer Scala versions, and the Akka license change spawns an open‑source fork (Akka -> Pekko fork). Concrete fixes presented include a funded organizer summit, an ongoing Scala Bridge two‑year cohort model that scaled to hundreds of online learners, a Compiler Academy hack session every three weeks, and advice to get companies to sponsor maintainer time and enforce clear code‑of‑conduct procedures.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:55Introductions
- 4:30Big Data Engineer Perspective
- 5:25Open Source vs Closed Source
- 7:52The Pandemic
- 10:20Start a Scala Meetup
- 13:52Why do people leave Scala
- 15:15Women Who Code Community
- 17:36Emotions and Politics
- 20:06Scala Bridge
- 22:22Compiler Academy
- 31:17Encourage Open Source Contributions
- 40:13Synergy
- 44:55How can we grow the community
- 47:55Message of Simplicity
- 50:37Blogging Success Stories
