3min chapter

Happy Path Programming cover image

#65 Rod's Gambit - Spring, Scala, TypeScript, and Chess with Rod Johnson

Happy Path Programming

CHAPTER

The Importance of Java in a Large Team

Scalar is a really beautiful language in many ways. It's almost like the red and blue or the different colored functions for async and await. When you really start digging into it you go oh wait we don't really need to do this do we? Well I mean I think it just makes things so elegant. You don't realize how nice a world with that semicolon is. So yeah that's probably the single biggest thing I miss but he says Scala has some real downsides whereas Java and the constraints of the language work better at that scale.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode