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Welcome to the July 2026 edition of Scalendar — your monthly guide to Scala events, conferences, meetups, and community happenings from around the world. This month features a strong lineup of events for Scala developers, with a particular focus on programming languages, software engineering, functional programming, and AI. From Scala-specific workshops to major international conferences […]

April 2026 | Issue #2 Welcome back. In March we covered MCP as a protocol debate. In April the reality arrived. Claude Code hit a wall on Hacker News: 738 points, 458 comments as engineers reported regressions in complex engineering tasks. MCP and A2A protocols crossed into production maturity. The vibe coding era meets production […]

1. Introduction: Agentic AI is a Backend Engineering Challenge, Not Just Prompt Engineering LLM models are useless without access to data. They can generate text, but to “find suitable candidates for open vacancies,” they must call real APIs, read results from a database, and make decisions based on the current state of the system. While […]

This is the last part of our series of articles, which explores step-by-step the implementation of a distributed customer registry application with the newest features of the Akka platform. In case you missed them, we recommend starting with this introduction. This part shows how to build and run the customer registry application, exploring the new […]

“Two CTOs walk into the bar…” What happens when two CTOs passionate about the Akka platform, distributed systems, and tech in general sit down for a conversation? Innovation takes center stage. We’re excited to announce the launch of our brand-new podcast: CTO asks CTO – a series dedicated to in-depth conversations between technology leaders. All […]

Welcome to the next part of our “Building with Akka” series, where we implement the API layer and interaction mechanisms for our Customer Registry Application. In the previous section, we presented the core logic of our application: the domain model (events and commands) and the customer entity. In this section, we show how to implement […]

Welcome to the next part of our “Building with Akka” series, where we implement the core logic of our Customer Registry Application. This article builds on our previous introduction, demonstrating how to model customer data, define events for state changes, and implement commands that drive the customer lifecycle. Follow along as we create a robust, […]

Welcome to the first part of our “Building with Akka” series, where we’ll create a Customer Registry Application using the Akka SDK. This case study, introduced in our previous article, will demonstrate core Akka patterns in action. We’ll explore how to build a robust, event-sourced system that manages customer data with reliability and scalability. Follow […]

Welcome to the introduction of our “Building with Akka” series, where we introduce the fundamentals of distributed applications using the Akka platform. This article serves as an introduction to the concepts that will guide us in building a Customer Registry Application. To explore the complete series, use the navigation buttons at the bottom of this […]

Fintech today demands real-time processing, low-latency responses, and enterprise-grade security frameworks to comply with modern regulations. Whether deploying trading algorithms, handling real-time risk analytics, or securing payment infrastructure, the Fintech sector increasingly demands high-performance architectures that deliver speed and reliability. As every experienced Fintech development company knows, the Fintech industry’s demanding requirements necessitate solutions that […]