--- title: "Scalar 2026: Celebrating Functional Programming Fiesta" url: https://daily.dev/posts/scalar-2026-celebrating-functional-programming-fiesta-wcetkdfrl source_url: https://softwaremill.com/scalar-2026-celebrating-functional-programming-fiesta/ type: article source: "SoftwareMill" published: 2026-04-02T11:27:13.326Z updated: 2026-04-02T11:27:41.600Z tags: ["conference", "functional-programming", "scala"] reading_time: 6 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Scalar 2026: Celebrating Functional Programming Fiesta **[SoftwareMill](https://daily.dev/sources/softwaremill)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Scalar 2026, the 11th edition of Central Europe's premier Scala and functional programming conference, took place in Warsaw over two days. Highlights included a keynote by Scala creator Martin Odersky on building trust in AI agents using types and capabilities, a Scala 3.9 LTS roadmap, GPU computing with Cyfra, concurrency comparisons between Fibers, Virtual Threads, and Coroutines, and debates on effect systems like ZIO, Cats Effect, and Kyo. Day two covered Scala 3 features like Opaque Types and Macros, the Scala AI landscape, LLM integration strategies, and using Scala as a scripting replacement for Bash and Python. The event was organized by SoftwareMill and sponsored by JetBrains, Aikido Security, and VirtusLab. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Lambda Days 2025 - Learning Resources / Talks - Erlang Forums](https://daily.dev/posts/lambda-days-2025---learning-resources-talks---erlang-forums-m2akprm3t) · Erlang Forums · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [BugBash'26: Day 2](https://daily.dev/posts/bugbash-26-day-2-heysvasvb) · Metadata · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#conference](https://daily.dev/tags/conference), [#functional-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/functional-programming), [#scala](https://daily.dev/tags/scala) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/scalar-2026-celebrating-functional-programming-fiesta-wcetkdfrl)