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Sep 10
1 min

The 2020 Program is Live and Registration Open!

After many months of work, extending CFP and adding more and more fantastic talks, we are proud to present the 2020 online edition. Two d...

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Alexy

May 1
1 min

The 2020 CFP is now Open!

This year has been different for all the events. Many were cancelled, and some companies got rid of them completely. Well, we're not th...

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YoppWorks: "We are building an open-source future where every voice counts"

Alexy

Nov 14, 2019
7 min

YoppWorks: "We are building an open-source future where every voice counts"

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Russell Spitzer: "Spark may or may not be the right fit for your data problems"

Alexy

Nov 13, 2019
3 min

Russell Spitzer: "Spark may or may not be the right fit for your data problems"

Russell Spitzer on his work at Datastax, the three trends that are shaping the future of Big Data, and cons and pros of Spark.

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Alexander Ioffe:"Good parts of languages eventually make their way into future ones"

Alexy

Nov 13, 2019
3 min

Alexander Ioffe:"Good parts of languages eventually make their way into future ones"

Alexander Ioffe: on his love for Scala, how he became a Quill maintainer, and his Scale By the Bay talk.

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Tabitha Blagdon: "Life is too short to not love what you do."

Alexy

Nov 12, 2019
6 min

Tabitha Blagdon: "Life is too short to not love what you do."

Tabitha Blagdon on finding her passion, joining Tally and what can make the Scala community more inclusive.

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Alexy

Nov 12, 2019
2 min

Chris Fregly By the Bay 2019

Scale By the Bay founder Alexy Khrabrov about the history of Chris Fregly at Scale By the Bay.

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Nick Schrock: "Open Source is the right model for building developer tools in today’s world"

Alexy

Nov 5, 2019
5 min

Nick Schrock: "Open Source is the right model for building developer tools in today’s world"

Nick Schrock on his career at Facebook, starting Elementl, developing Dagster, and the future of data and data infrastructure.

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Ryan Adams: "The Scala community is the most passionate and motivating community I’ve ever known"

Alexy

Nov 4, 2019
8 min

Ryan Adams: "The Scala community is the most passionate and motivating community I’ve ever known"

Ryan Adams of Signify Technology, on founding the company, top hiring trends, and interview tips to help you get that dream job.

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Andy Scott: "I was drawn to Stripe because of the confluence of great people and great opportunity."

Alexy

Oct 29, 2019
3 min

Andy Scott: "I was drawn to Stripe because of the confluence of great people and great opportunity."

Andy Scott: on his software engineering journey, Stripe's culture and his talk at Scale By the Bay.

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Scale By the Bay 2019 to open its doors in Oakland this November

Alexy

Oct 25, 2019
2 min

Scale By the Bay 2019 to open its doors in Oakland this November

Scale By the Bay is opening its doors in a few weeks. Learn about the conference's theme, key speakers and topics covered.

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Idrees Khan: "It's exciting to see others derive value from the work we do at Spotify"

Alexy

Oct 24, 2019
3 min

Idrees Khan: "It's exciting to see others derive value from the work we do at Spotify"

Idrees Khan (Spotify) on what it's like to work at Spotify and the exciting things he and Anne will be sharing at SBTB.

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Rajesh Muppalla: "Deep Learning has taken Natural Language Processing by storm"

Alexy

Oct 12, 2019
9 min

Rajesh Muppalla: "Deep Learning has taken Natural Language Processing by storm"

If you are interested in NLP, this interview with Rajesh Muppalla, Senior Director of Engineering at Avalara is a must-read.

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Alexy

Oct 12, 2019
3 min

Spotify By the Bay

Not only Spotify is a beloved brand for people who love music, it's a powerhouse of Machine Learning and Big Data.

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Sophia Sanchez: "A doctor's compassion after a difficult diagnosis cannot be replaced by a bot"

Alexy

Oct 12, 2019
6 min

Sophia Sanchez: "A doctor's compassion after a difficult diagnosis cannot be replaced by a bot"

Sophia Sanchez (Curai) at Scale By the Bay: "A doctor's compassion after a difficult diagnosis cannot be replaced by a bot"

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Alexy

Sep 24, 2019
2 min

Netflix Highlights By the Bay

Learn about Netflix's history at Scale By the Bay and meet the Netflix team on the expo floor this November.

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Kavita Laddad: “Frontend programming with Scala is possible and even fun”

Alexy

Sep 24, 2019
7 min

Kavita Laddad: “Frontend programming with Scala is possible and even fun”

Kavita Laddad on nurturing engineering culture in her family, teaching programming to kids and key trends shaping the future of FP.

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Brett Koonce: “Using algorithms to find patterns in numbers can change what we consider reason"

Alexy

Sep 6, 2019
3 min

Brett Koonce: “Using algorithms to find patterns in numbers can change what we consider reason"

Meet Brett Koonce, CTO at QuarkWorks at Scale By the Bay 2019 speaker.

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Rose Toomey at Scale By the Bay: “Come prepared to experiment and edge past limitations!”

Alexy

Sep 6, 2019
3 min

Rose Toomey at Scale By the Bay: “Come prepared to experiment and edge past limitations!”

Meet Rose Toomey, a Software Engineer at Coatue Management, at Scale By the Bay.

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Umayah Abdennabi at SBTB: "Scala offers you powerful abstractions to reason about your code"

Alexy

Sep 6, 2019
3 min

Umayah Abdennabi at SBTB: "Scala offers you powerful abstractions to reason about your code"

Learn about Umayah Abdennabi (Grammarly) in advance of his talk at Scale By the Bay 2019.

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