This is very cool, I've never heard of Scastie, I'll need to take a closer look at that. I created a similar platform for Python (actually submitted to HN earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49083146)
I also had to move on for professional reasons and haven't kept up for a long time.
I am very surprised that there is not much traction anymore for Scala. I see about 10x more Clojure news or projects on Github so it is not just about the JVM...
My impression is that, rightly or wrongly, it developed a bit of a negative reputation in various ways - too esoteric, slow builds, toxic community, etc. - so people stayed away from it.
And meanwhile, Java the language improved and Kotlin came along as (arguably) the better better Java, so there became less of a need for it.
This is very cool, I've never heard of Scastie, I'll need to take a closer look at that. I created a similar platform for Python (actually submitted to HN earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49083146)
It was a pet project of mine back in 2013 [0]... revived it (with a bit of help from Claude) and made it updated to Scala 3. Feedback welcome!
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7614130
Very cool, I love Scala and am quite sad that it isn't getting the interest and popularity it should.
I used to be very fond of Scala 10-15 years ago.
I also had to move on for professional reasons and haven't kept up for a long time.
I am very surprised that there is not much traction anymore for Scala. I see about 10x more Clojure news or projects on Github so it is not just about the JVM...
Could someone point to why?
My impression is that, rightly or wrongly, it developed a bit of a negative reputation in various ways - too esoteric, slow builds, toxic community, etc. - so people stayed away from it.
And meanwhile, Java the language improved and Kotlin came along as (arguably) the better better Java, so there became less of a need for it.
Felt weirdly gate-kept as well.
Beautiful. Thank you! =)
Very nice!