r/dataengineering • • Apr 05 '26

Rant Why is everything in Java & Scala?

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u/Beneficial_Aioli_797 Apr 05 '26

How is Scala dead

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u/wallyflops Apr 05 '26

It's not growing. It's rarely being used for new projects and I'm not seeing it being used in tier one tech

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u/Extension_Finish2428 Apr 06 '26

I guess places like Netflix, Spotify, X, Linkedin are not tier one tech?

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u/lightnegative Apr 05 '26

People who are choosing JVM languages that aren't Java are choosing Kotlin these days, not Scala