Well, as someone in the last two weeks who: a) already is using Scala b) already is using Akka, and c) wanted a monitoring tool for both (which is part of th

Well, as someone in the last two weeks who: a) already is using Scala b) already is using Akka, and c) wanted a monitoring tool for both (which is part of the "Typespace Stack") and contacted Typesafe about their subscription, I can tell you that none of this matters for people on HN, product-wise. Their "console" is an obscene amount of money per node per year. Yes, PER NODE. With just a few nodes, it's literally cheaper to just build it yourself, even if you had to hire a Scala contractor to do it. So forget scaling linearly up with Typesafe's actual product – you can't afford it. That said, Scala and Akka are awesome and at least they'll continue to be developed for awhile now. Play! 2 is cool as well, but being limited to one Play! app per JVM is something we couldn't live with, so we've moved on to Socco.