While there are some language features in Scala that are a bit of a buzz kill (see https://glennengstrand.info/software/coding/java/scala https://glennengstrand

While there are some language features in Scala that are a bit of a buzz kill (see https://glennengstrand.info/software/coding/java/scala https://glennengstrand.info/software/coding/java/scala for more on that), the OP is mostly complaining about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_hell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_hell The Akka BSL is a big disappointment to me as well but a better name for that would be LightBend isn't fun anymore.