Backend Engineering|Published: May 16, 2023
How to make Pekko serialization bulletproof
If you encounter problems related to serialization in Pekko, this article is for you, we show VirtusLab's Pekko Serialization Helper.
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Scala|Published: Feb 15, 2023
How to build a simple Scala application with Bazel
A guide to using Bazel, an artifact-based build system, for Scala developers with an example and step-by-step instructions.
Backend Engineering|Published: Aug 29, 2022
Pros and Cons of Cloud IDE: We gave it a try. Here’s how it went.
We take a look at what a Cloud IDE is, its benefits and challenges, and how you can start using a Cloud IDE.
Backend Engineering|Published: Feb 4, 2022
Graph Buddy – colourful graph nodes for your code
What if you could take a look at our code from above – and instead of seeing just text files – go through colorful graph nodes that instantly and clearly?
Data Engineering|Published: Aug 26, 2021
Pandas-stubs — how we enhanced pandas with type annotations
VirtusLab created the pandas‑stubs library to enhance pandas with type information, enabling stronger type‑safety in pandas‑dependent projects. It emerged from challenges integrating pandas and pyspark, where missing stubs led to API conflicts and unchecked code.
Backend Engineering|Published: Jun 14, 2021
Keep your CI/CD infrastructure alive with Jenkins Operator
Jenkins Kubernetes Operator can help you avoid unexpected downtime in CI/CD and opens doors for doing canary or blue/green deployment.
Frontend Engineering|Published: Dec 21, 2020
Creating IntelliJ plugin with WebView
VirtusLab explains how to build an IntelliJ plugin using JCEF WebView to render HTML‑based UIs inside the IDE, providing modern Chromium performance. The example walks through plugin.xml, service classes, custom resource handlers and Gradle setup using Scala.
