Daniel Esik / is on Nostr

Proud catamorphism fanatic. Or something like that.

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2024-09-03 07:55:05

You'll hardly find anything more hilarious on the web today. Keep calm and continue to use LLMs in production!
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2024-08-26 12:43:37

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@npub12jq…hq6m I agree that the syntax can be awkward and even ugly at times, but at the very least, I haven't heard of any back pain caused by broken backward compatibility.

2024-08-12 12:07:24

what I hear: Mocking libraries drive developers' productivity, and they are easy to use.
what I see:
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2024-05-23 14:19:21

I endorse these efforts to make the language more accessible by lowering the entry barrier for newcomers to facilitate the rush of so-called 'fresh blood'. Sure, it could have taken fewer than 20 years to recognize this as one of the root issues hindering enterprise adoption, but still! One thing that I can't accept, and frankly, that infuriates me, is why some folks have decided to cancel the almost twenty years of experience accumulated by functional communities in Scala.

2024-05-21 14:42:32

The Scala collections library has something to reveal in confession.
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2024-05-21 13:07:38

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@npub12jq…hq6m so, is it a completely different language compared to Kotlin 1?

2024-05-14 11:10:50

I have a confession to make. Today I was an incurably mediocre colleague.
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2024-03-13 11:16:16

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@npub12jq…hq6m Nope, semi-auto doesn't significantly impact compilation time, at least not as much as fully auto derivation does. I was referring only to implicit def macros that may recursively derive instances on demand.

2024-03-13 07:32:15

If one has ever wondered about the cost of implicit searches triggered by macros in Scala 2, I have some 'WHAT!?' data.
In one project, I found that the derivation of two of the same instances of a single typeclass takes 120+ seconds in compilation time. One hundred twenty-plus seconds. I will repeat. ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-PLUS FUCKING SECONDS. As library authors, please consider the prohibition of macro auto-derivation mode at all fucking costs! Thank you! Have a nice day.

2023-10-25 17:37:45

Some good tooling news for those using Scala 2.13 (or even 2.12) and for whom Scala compilation time matters!
Recently published RC for the `scalac-profiling` tool brings support for the Scala 2.13 and the latest 2.12 versions.
https://github.com/scalacenter/scalac-profiling
Grab it while it's hot!
Details on the setup are below in the thread 🧵