Scala’s Implicits: The Feature So Powerful It Had to Be Split in Two

Few programming language features inspire such polarized reactions as Scala’s implicits. To advocates, they’re elegant magic that eliminates boilerplate and…

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5 Popular Extensions and Add-ons for JetBrains IDEs

In the fast-paced world of software development, an efficient Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is your trusty companion in the daily…

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Where is Apache Spark heading?

I watched (COVID19-era version of “attended”) the latest spark Summit and in one of the keynotes Reynold Xin from Databricks,…

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Java Based Akka application Part 1: Your base Project

Akka is a free, open-source toolkit and runtime for building highly concurrent, distributed, and resilient message-driven applications on the JVM.…

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In praise of the thoughful design: how property-based testing helps me to be a better developer

The developer’s testing toolbox is one of these things which rarely stays unchanged. For sure, some testing practices have proven…

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Recommendation System Using Spark ML Akka and Cassandra

Building a recommendation system with Spark is a simple task. Spark’s machine learning library already does all the hard work…

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Kotlin vs Scala: which is right for you?

Kotlin or Scala? Scala or Kotlin? The two contenders for the crown of the JVM Kingdoms and the title of…

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The beautiful simplicity of Apache Ranger plugin

If you are here, you already know what Apache Ranger is. It is the most popular, if not the only, way to…

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Sparklens: a tool for Spark applications optimization

Sparklens is a profiling tool for Spark with a built-in Spark Scheduler simulator: it makes easier to understand the scalability…

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