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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 […]

Here is what matters in distributed systems this month. Oracle proposed removing JVMCI — Amazon pushed back. Anthropic published a Claude Code production postmortem. OpenAI shipped WebSocket Responses API. MCP lands on the JVM.

Welcome to the June 2026 edition of Scalendar — your monthly roundup of Scala events, meetups, conferences, and community happenings from around the world. This month features a strong mix of Scala, functional programming, data engineering, and AI-focused events, highlighting how Scala continues to play an important role in modern backend systems, distributed computing, and […]

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 […]

May is shaping up to be an exciting month for engineers working at the intersection of Scala, functional programming, and artificial intelligence. While there are fewer strictly Scala-only conferences this time of year, the broader ecosystem is buzzing with events that matter just as much, especially if you’re building data-intensive systems, AI-powered applications, or distributed […]

March 2026 | Issue #1 Welcome to SIGNAL. This is a monthly briefing for CTOs, VP Engineering, and Chief Architects running distributed systems at scale. We don’t aggregate news. We aggregate lessons. Every month: one architecture debate with real trade-offs, one production war story with solutions, and three critical signals with business context. No hype […]

April brings another exciting lineup of events for developers, data engineers, and AI enthusiasts around the world. This month’s Scalendar features standout conferences such as the Applied Machine Learning Conference, Google Cloud Next, ACM CHI, and JPoint, covering everything from production machine learning systems and data platforms to human-AI interaction and JVM performance. Whether you’re […]

This March, we’re bringing you a curated lineup of the most exciting Scala and AI events from around the world. Highlights include SCALAR Conference in Warsaw, NVIDIA GTC, QCon London, and SXSW’s tech tracks, offering everything from deep technical talks to hands-on AI and functional programming sessions. Whether you’re sharpening your Scala skills, exploring AI […]

Event-driven Newsletter November’s Scalendar is here!From Scala meetups in London, Oslo, and Dallas to cross-stack events on APIs, React, DevOps, and architecture at scale, this month’s lineup has something for everyone.Whether you’re building agent workflows with LLM4S, debating JavaScript demons in Warsaw, or mapping out your next platform strategy in San Francisco, you’ll find an […]

Event-driven Newsletter October’s Scalendar is packed with Scala meetups in Warsaw and Oslo to heavyweight gatherings like Devoxx Belgium, React Alicante, and the International JavaScript Conference in Munich. Add in cross-disciplinary events on AI, software craftsmanship, and developer culture in Barcelona, Copenhagen, and Atlanta, and you’ve got a month that blends deep technical insights with […]