Posts tagged "Scala"

• Orwell's Rules for Writing (Software)

  All code is equal, but some code is more equal than others.

  Posted on February 26, 2021

  I’m in the middle of reading Churchill and Orwell: A Fight for Freedom and so far really enjoying the parallels drawn between two of history’s most important figures. Both had... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • cto
  • startups
  • software
  • scala

• Notebook Driven Development

  Using Zeppelin with Spark to help development "Ramble On" (see what I did there?)

  Posted on November 28, 2017

  Fellow Spark developers, hearken to me! How fast is your Spark development cycle? Slow? Really slow? You could use this super awesome template to enable running your Spark jobs in... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • spark
  • sbt
  • scala
  • zeppelin
  • productivity

• High-Leverage Development with Giter8 Templates

  Using `sbt new` to quickly create Spark projects

  Posted on October 12, 2017

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  Tags:

  • books
  • spark
  • sbt
  • scala

• Real World Spark Lessons

  Digging knowledge out of the dirt

  Posted on May 31, 2017

  I’ve enjoyed learning the ins and outs of Spark at my current client. I’ve got a nice base SBT project going where I use Scala to write the Spark job,... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • comcast
  • chariot
  • scala
  • spark
  • cassandra

• Scala By The Schuylkill Recap

  Long Live Scala!

  Posted on January 27, 2017

  This past Tuesday I had the pleasure of attending the Scala by the Schuylkill conference at Comcast headquarters in downtown Philadelphia. Initially begun as an internal Scala conference, the organizers... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • chariot
  • comcast
  • conferences
  • scala

• Help! My Monads are Nesting!

  Composing multiple monads while maintaining your sanity

  Posted on November 17, 2016

  Do you build reactive applications using Scala? Then chances are you’ve had to deal with a Future[Monad[T]], where Monad could be Option, Either, or something more wonderful like Or. While... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • scala
  • chariot

• An Ode to Or

  With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Posted on July 18, 2016

  How do I love Or? Let me Accumulate the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My IDE can reach, when feeling uncompiled For the Ends... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • poetry
  • scala
  • scalactic

• JSONPath Library for Play

  Efficient query language for JSON and Play apps

  Posted on April 15, 2014

  I’ve been working on a platform that transforms, composes, and serves data. As part of this effort, I’ve developed a library for Play that performs a JSONPath query on a... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • datacombinator
  • playframework
  • json
  • api
  • scala

• Building better APIs with Play!

  Coding examples from the Point.io blog post

  Posted on March 4, 2014

  This is the technical companion to my Point.io post, Building better APIs with Play!. Herein lies coding examples galore! [Read More]

  Tags:

  • api
  • playframework
  • point.io
  • scala

• (Triz)Swagging out at the Philly Codefest

  Lessons learned from my first hackathon

  Posted on February 25, 2014

  This past weekend I teamed up with some buddies from Point.io (Angel, Jon, and Dylan) to participate in my first hackathon, Philly Codefest. We spent the weekend bringing Angel’s dream... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • knockoutjs
  • mongodb
  • opendata
  • playframework
  • point.io
  • scala

• Accenture Match Play Statistics

  March madness comes a month early.

  Posted on February 19, 2014

  February madness is here! The Accenture Match Play Championship starts today, and although the usual big names of Tiger, Phil, and Adam Scott are absent this year, there still promises... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • golf
  • scala
  • statistics

• Hacking NPR's Sunday Puzzle

  ...and other puzzling tools

  Posted on February 10, 2014

  I’m a big fan of puzzles. I’ll often start my day attempting the Philadelphia Inquirer’s jumble and crossword, with varying degress of success. One puzzle I never miss is NPR’s... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • knockoutjs
  • playframework
  • puzzles
  • scala

• Scala 101

  A brief whirlwind tour of Scala

  Posted on January 29, 2014

  I recently gave an introductory talk about Scala for my unintiated Point.io hackers. Here’s the slides for future reference. Enjoy! [Read More]

  Tags:

  • scala
  • point.io

• Roll Your Own Notification Service

  Screen scraping and Scala to the rescue!

  Posted on January 27, 2014

  Have you ever wished you could receive customized updates whenever your favorite websites update their content? Most sites offer the means to get notified when a new blog post hits... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • akka
  • playframework
  • rss
  • sbt
  • scala
  • scrape