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I assume the author tried asking in the Scala discord? https://discord.com/invite/scala https://discord.com/invite/scala Most of the core community hangs out

I assume the author tried asking in the Scala discord? https://discord.com/invite/scala https://discord.com/invite/scala Most of the core community hangs out there, and some of the folks that contribute to the compiler too. If there's someone that knows, they're either on the Discord or the forums.

ajkjk 4y ago
Hm why assume that? would never have thought to do that.
- gavinray 4y ago
  I dunno, every language/tech thing has a Discord nowadays (mostly). If I need help with something I usually go there first. Even for niche things like D language, the Discord is the place to go. I learned Scala 3 and D mostly through the help of folks from their Discord servers guiding me.
  - jraph 4y ago
    The use of Discord in free software communities never ceases to depress and disappoint me. I hope this fad dies soon. [1] I would not risk assuming maintainers of an open source project to have the reflex of jumping into Discord to ask questions. Anyway, D has a forum and an IRC channel. Scala has a Discourse. The nice thing about forums is that problems and solutions are searchable by other people in the future. I learned many things by myself thanks to this. I would not like to live in a world where you need to engage with people all the time, asking the same questions again and again, to use some tool or some programming language. [1] https://drewdevault.com/2022/03/29/free-software-free-infrastructure.html https://drewdevault.com/2022/03/29/free-software-free-infras...
    - vips7L 4y ago
      Discord is also searchable by other people in the future. Forum channels are exactly the use case you describe: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/6208479917079-Forum-Channels-FAQ https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/6208479917079-...
      - kevincox 4y ago
        Searchable within Discord. It can't be found by general search engines and can't be archived. It's a walled garden.
        InGoodFaith 4y ago
        You might be interested in Linen to make your discord (and slack) searchable outside of the walled garden (can also use to archive too). https://github.com/linen-dev/linen.dev https://github.com/linen-dev/linen.dev https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31494908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31494908
      - nszceta 4y ago
        Discord search is fuzzy, limited by time, and you are unable to delete old messages without a hack which puts your account at risk of a permanent ban. Discord is terrible.
      - yakubin 4y ago
        And yet I can’t access several month old threads. When I try to open them, they’re in a perpetually-loading state, with gray rectangles in place of text. Old-style forums are a lot more durable and more neatly organised.

ajkjk 4y ago

Hm why assume that? would never have thought to do that.

gavinray 4y ago
I dunno, every language/tech thing has a Discord nowadays (mostly). If I need help with something I usually go there first. Even for niche things like D language, the Discord is the place to go. I learned Scala 3 and D mostly through the help of folks from their Discord servers guiding me.
- jraph 4y ago
  The use of Discord in free software communities never ceases to depress and disappoint me. I hope this fad dies soon. [1] I would not risk assuming maintainers of an open source project to have the reflex of jumping into Discord to ask questions. Anyway, D has a forum and an IRC channel. Scala has a Discourse. The nice thing about forums is that problems and solutions are searchable by other people in the future. I learned many things by myself thanks to this. I would not like to live in a world where you need to engage with people all the time, asking the same questions again and again, to use some tool or some programming language. [1] https://drewdevault.com/2022/03/29/free-software-free-infrastructure.html https://drewdevault.com/2022/03/29/free-software-free-infras...
  - vips7L 4y ago
    Discord is also searchable by other people in the future. Forum channels are exactly the use case you describe: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/6208479917079-Forum-Channels-FAQ https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/6208479917079-...
    - kevincox 4y ago
      Searchable within Discord. It can't be found by general search engines and can't be archived. It's a walled garden.
      - InGoodFaith 4y ago
        You might be interested in Linen to make your discord (and slack) searchable outside of the walled garden (can also use to archive too). https://github.com/linen-dev/linen.dev https://github.com/linen-dev/linen.dev https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31494908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31494908
    - nszceta 4y ago
      Discord search is fuzzy, limited by time, and you are unable to delete old messages without a hack which puts your account at risk of a permanent ban. Discord is terrible.
    - yakubin 4y ago
      And yet I can’t access several month old threads. When I try to open them, they’re in a perpetually-loading state, with gray rectangles in place of text. Old-style forums are a lot more durable and more neatly organised.