Scala & Functional Programming Blog

Thoughts, tutorials, and best practices from our team of Scala experts.

Alyssa Ehinger 8/4/26 Alyssa Ehinger 8/4/26

Ox vs Kyo: Scala's Concurrency Crossroads

Alyssa Ehinger 7/31/26 Alyssa Ehinger 7/31/26

Scala Framework Choices for Engineering Teams in 2026

Tony Moores 7/30/26 Tony Moores 7/30/26

Learning Scala: Why Commerce Is Verbs, Not Nouns

Tony Moores 7/22/26 Tony Moores 7/22/26

Learning Scala: Configuration Is Code with No Deploy Gate

Alyssa Ehinger 7/20/26 Alyssa Ehinger 7/20/26

How to Evaluate Scala Developers for Machine Learning

Tony Moores 7/15/26 Tony Moores 7/15/26

Learning Scala: Naming the Business Rule Your Tests Miss

Alyssa Ehinger 7/13/26 Alyssa Ehinger 7/13/26

Scala vs Kotlin for Engineering Leaders

Tony Moores 7/8/26 Tony Moores 7/8/26

Learning Scala: Time Is an Argument, Not a Side Effect

Alyssa Ehinger 7/6/26 Alyssa Ehinger 7/6/26

When Scala Is the Wrong Choice

Tony Moores 7/1/26 Tony Moores 7/1/26

Learning Scala: Idempotent Operations in Distributed Systems

Alyssa Ehinger 6/29/26 Alyssa Ehinger 6/29/26

Why Data Engineering Teams Move Slower Than They Should

Alyssa Ehinger 6/22/26 Alyssa Ehinger 6/22/26

How to Evaluate a Scala Engineer's Skill Level

Tony Moores 6/17/26 Tony Moores 6/17/26

Learning Scala: Large Action Models Need Small Action Surfaces

Alyssa Ehinger 6/15/26 Alyssa Ehinger 6/15/26

Scala 2 to Scala 3 Migration: Should You Do It Now? (2026)

Alyssa Ehinger 6/12/26 Alyssa Ehinger 6/12/26

What Does a Senior Scala Developer Cost in the US in 2026?

Tony Moores 6/8/26 Tony Moores 6/8/26

Learning Scala: How to Model Capability Surfaces for Agentic Commerce

Tony Moores 6/4/26 Tony Moores 6/4/26

Learning Scala: The Hidden Cost of Composed Commerce Systems

Alyssa Ehinger 6/4/26 Alyssa Ehinger 6/4/26

What to Put in an Outsourcing Contract Before Anyone Writes a Line of Code

Tony Moores 6/1/26 Tony Moores 6/1/26

Learning Scala: How to Model Money in Scala Using Opaque Types

Alyssa Ehinger 5/26/26 Alyssa Ehinger 5/26/26

Staff Augmentation vs. Dedicated Team vs. Project-Based Outsourcing: Which Model Fits?