I find that while it works, it is a bit cumbersome. I also find this with Java API's in Akka, Spark, Kafka, etc. Having said that, I absolutely love Scala and I

I find that while it works, it is a bit cumbersome. I also find this with Java API's in Akka, Spark, Kafka, etc. Having said that, I absolutely love Scala and I think you should learn it anyways (as with any language you can, even if it's only minimal).