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October 20th, 2022, ISSUE 452, This issue on the web. Compiled by SoftwareMill.

READING

The case against Effect Systems (e.g., the IO data type)

Does IO really offers that many benefits? What are the alternatives?
Alexandru Nedelcu (@alexelcu)
Cut the Technobabble

A continuation of reflections from the previous blogpost.
Alexandru Nedelcu (@alexelcu)

EVENTS

Build Web Apps with ZIO 2.0, October 17th-19th

Use our link for a 15% discount for Scala Times readers! In this course, developers will use ZIO 2.0 and best-in-breed libraries (including ZIO Config, ZIO HTTP, ZIO Logging, ZIO JDBC, and ZIO Metrics) to rapidly construct web applications that are scalable; easy to test, refactor, and maintain; and which never leak resources or deadlock.
Ziverge (@zivergetech)
ZIO Hackathon, October 27th-28th, New York, USA & Online

We will share and learn about ZIO and related projects; chat about functional programming, functional Scala, and much more; work on fun projects; and get to know one another. No prior background knowledge of ZIO is assumed.
Ziverge (@zivergetech)
Functional Scala 2022, December 1st-2nd, London

Use our link and get a 10% discount for Scala Times readers!
Ziverge (@zivergetech)

RELEASES

smithy4s 0.16.3

Smithy4s generates protocol-agnostic Scala code from Smithy, a concise, readable, language-agnostic format. Now with a possibility to generate tests from test traits, and many more updates.
smithy4s contributors
Kamon 2.5.9

Now with support for Cats Effect 3!
Kamon contributors (@kamonteam)
scala-webapp-template

A pragmatic skeleton to build web applications in Scala/Scala.js, including user registration, login, admin portal, and, deployments.
scala-webapp-template contributors
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