Tag Archives: Scala

Google Cloud Dataproc and the 17 minute train challenge

My work commute My commute to and from work on the train is on average 17 minutes. It’s the usual uneventful affair, where the majority of people pass the time by surfing their mobile devices, catching a few Zs, or by reading a … Continue reading

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Playing with Play Framework 2.3.x: REST, pipelines, and Scala

It’s an established trend in the modern software world that if you want to get something done, you’ll probably need to put together a web service to get do it. People expect data and services to be available everywhere, in a mobile world. With the plethora of frameworks and technologies available to go about implementing a web service, it becomes a chore to try using anything beyond what’s already familiar. But every now and then it’s an enjoyable experience to dive into something new and distinctly unfamiliar. Continue reading

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