Scala is improving rapidly. This session will give you the perspective of someone in the middle of these changes.

Scala is improving rapidly. This session will give you the perspective of someone in the middle of these changes. You will learn how the Scala Improvement Process works, get to know some of the experimental features, and meet some planned but yet unimplemented.
I'll share a handful of techniques that can help you avoid runtime errors and shift them to the realm of compile time
How to implement fast and cost-effective backend for a multiplayer game using Scala, Akka and GraalVM
Avoid mistakes in API design, implementation and evolution with Smithy
How Scala 3 addresses concerns around implicits and how implicits work in Scala 3.