Typed ask for Akka

Akka is a great tool for writing distributed applications. One thing that always surprised me though is that while being…

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How to replace a build module with Veripacks

Compare the two trees below. In both cases the goal is to have an application with two independent modules (frontend…

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Dependency injection with Scala macros: auto-wiring

You can look at dependency injection as a fancy name for passing parameters to a function (or constructor arguments to…

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Dry parameter names

How often do you see code like this, especially when using dependency injection, single-responsibility principle, and other “good practices”?  …

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Starting with Scala Macros: a short tutorial

Using some time during the weekend, I decided to finally explore one the new features in the coming Scala 2.10,…

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Event streaming with MongoDB

MongoDB is a really great “NoSQL” database, with a very wide range of applications. In one project that we are…

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Let’s turn packages into a module system!

Many projects are divided into modules/subprojects using the build system (Maven, Gradle, SBT …); and writing modular code is generally…

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Trying to understand CAP

The CAP theorem, stated by Brewer and proved by Gilbert and Lynch specifies a property of distributed systems. It states…

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Scala: Missing OO and FP bridge

Scala blends functional and object-oriented programming in many nice ways. You can use both FP an OO-like constructs whichever fits…

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