Why you should consider using Akka with Scala
In this podcast, I sit down with Aleksandar Skrbic, a software developer based in Novi Sad, Serbia, and author of some great introductory posts on Akka Actors. We discuss how Akka has been instrumental in his career as a distributed systems developer and tech blogger, as well as:
His background in data science, and his move towards Scala development
His “eureka” moment with the Akka toolkit, and how this evolution boosted his coding in Scala
What it’s like to learn Akka, and how it influenced his professional work
Which parts of the Akka toolkit he is most comfortable with, and why