I was really into Scala from 2007-2011. I even presented at conferences. Still like it, but after a while it become apparent that is will always be a niche lang

I was really into Scala from 2007-2011. I even presented at conferences. Still like it, but after a while it become apparent that is will always be a niche language and Java 8 and Kotlin (which I think of as kind of a 'Scala--') was functional enough for my tastes.