Scala15 min read
Should you migrate from Scala 2 to Scala 3?
A technical decision guide to compatibility, macros, dependencies, compiler migration modes, cross-building and a staged route from Scala 2.13 to Scala 3.
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Scala14 min read
How Scala fits together: language, runtime and ecosystem
A technical guide to Scala’s type system, execution models, common use cases and the libraries that turn the language into a production stack.
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Partial functions in Scala: useful precision, not incomplete code
How PartialFunction models a function defined for only part of its input, how collect and recover use it, and where ordinary total functions are safer.
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Modelling a Play Framework application beyond controllers and JSON
A practical route from untrusted HTTP input to validated domain commands, explicit service outcomes and stable Play JSON responses.
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Case classes are data models, not your whole domain
What Scala case classes generate, why value semantics are useful, and how to keep validation, invariants and persistence concerns under control.
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Using traits as precise boundaries in Scala
Traits can define capabilities, share behaviour and close a domain hierarchy; those are different jobs with different design trade-offs.
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Typeclasses in practical Scala: behaviour without inheritance
How a typeclass separates behaviour from data, how Scala 2 implicits and Scala 3 given instances supply evidence, and when the pattern is worth using.
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Error handling as values in Scala
Model expected failures with sealed types and Either, keep unexpected failures distinct, and translate both deliberately at HTTP and asynchronous boundaries.
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Option, Either and other monads in practical Scala
How Option, Either, collections, Future and IO represent different computational contexts—and how map, flatMap and for-comprehensions compose them.
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