Scala Days 2026: A Guide to the Most Important Trends and Must-See Talks
A look at the Scala Days 2026 agenda: from AI and Scala's type system to security, WebAssembly, and GPUs — the talks worth attending and why.

A look at the Scala Days 2026 agenda: from AI and Scala's type system to security, WebAssembly, and GPUs — the talks worth attending and why.

Recently, Wasm is used in different areas: safely running AI-generated code, server-side applications with ultra-fast cold starts, and language-independent plugin systems. What Wasm itself can do is just a pure computation. It cannot affect the outside world directly. Things like file I/O, clocks, and networking have to go through interfaces imported from the host. So unless the host explicitly gives it access, a Wasm module cannot perform external effects. This is why Wasm is often described as a sandbox.

Test suites have grown in size and complexity. What used to be a quick validation step has become a bottleneck that can significantly impact development velocity. The solution is to distribute test execution across multiple machines, running different test groups in parallel.

As Scala 3 maintainers, VirtusLab has big plans for this year. We have put them all together in a detailed roadmap, specifying the future of Scala 3 in 2024. Read on to learn how we intend to release new versions more often, improve reporting, and enhance the UX of Scala 3 and the tooling.

Scala 3.3.0 was released as the first Long-Term Support (LTS) version in Scala's history. Let's see what happened and what changes occured.

This article is part of the Open Community Build series. This time, we focus on how you can get involved and contribute to the Scala 3 community.

VirtusLab's Scala 3 article series is coming. In this article, you'll learn how t prevent compiler regressions with Community Build.
