
Scala Talks: Your AI Agent Should Be Written in Scala & Road to ZIO DynamoDB 3
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London Scala Talks will be hosted at ICE Services on 25 November 2026, beginning at 18:00. The event features discussions on topics related to Scala programming, including presentations and networking opportunities. Food and drinks will be provided during the event.
🎉 Come along to the London Scala Talks! 🎉 In this event you'll hear from Avinder Bahra, Kannupriya Kalra and Rory Graves. **Agenda** 6:00pm - 🥤 Doors open. Come along and grab a drink! 6:35pm - 🗣️ Introduction 6:40pm - 🗣️ Avinder Bahra: The Road to ZIO DynamoDB 3 7:20pm - 🍕 Intermission: Join us for some free food and drinks! Vegan and vegetarian options are provided. Let us know if you'd like something special - we'd be happy to accommodate. 7:50pm - 🗣️ Kannupriya Kalra & Rory Graves: Your Next AI Agent Should Be Written in Scala: Meet LLM4S 1.0 8:20pm - 🥤 Socialising: Grab a drink and let's discuss the talks. 9:00pm - 🍻 Join us in a pub to discuss the talks! 🌐 **This event will not have a live stream** We hope to see you there in person. **🗣️ Avinder Bahra: The Road to ZIO DynamoDB 3** ZIO DynamoDB is a Scala library providing both a low level and a high-level, type-safe API for working with Amazon DynamoDB, aiming to remove much of the boilerplate associated with the underlying AWS SDK. In this talk, I'll walk through the journey of developing ZIO DynamoDB 3.x, starting with the problems encountered in the original implementation and the attempts to address them. Finally, we'll look at the resulting 3.x API and see how these design decisions overcome adoption barriers and translate into a simpler and more predictable developer experience with practical code examples. ⭐ Avinder Bahra (He/Him) ⭐ Avinder Bahra had been using Scala as a backend developer for that last 10 years and is the maintainer of ZIO DynamoDB. Fun fact: The first relational database he used was Ingres, which had to be loaded from an 8-inch floppy disk! **🗣️ Kannupriya Kalra & Rory Graves: Your Next AI Agent Should Be Written in Scala: Meet LLM4S 1.0** 18 months after LLM4S kicked off, and one year after Kannupriya Kalra and Rory Graves demonstrated a usable version at Scala Days Switzerland, LLM4S has evolved into a production-ready, Scala-native AI framework. But why should your next AI agent b
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Scala Talks: Your AI Agent Should Be Written in Scala & Road to ZIO DynamoDB 3 takes place on Wednesday, 25 November 2026 at 18:00.
Scala Talks: Your AI Agent Should Be Written in Scala & Road to ZIO DynamoDB 3 is held at ICE Services in London (7 Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4YH, London, EC2M 4YH).
Yes — hotels within walking distance of ICE Services can be compared using the accommodation search further down this page.
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Scala Talks: Your AI Agent Should Be Written in Scala & Road to ZIO DynamoDB 3
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ICE Services · London
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London Scala Talks will be hosted at ICE Services on 25 November 2026, beginning at 18:00. The event features discussions on topics related to Scala programming, including presentations and networking opportunities. Food and drinks will be provided during the event.
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🎉 Come along to the London Scala Talks! 🎉 In this event you'll hear from Avinder Bahra, Kannupriya Kalra and Rory Graves. **Agenda** 6:00pm - 🥤 Doors open. Come along and grab a drink! 6:35pm - 🗣️ Introduction 6:40pm - 🗣️ Avinder Bahra: The Road to ZIO DynamoDB 3 7:20pm - 🍕 Intermission: Join us for some free food and drinks! Vegan and vegetarian options are provided. Let us know if you'd like something special - we'd be happy to accommodate. 7:50pm - 🗣️ Kannupriya Kalra & Rory Graves: Your Next AI Agent Should Be Written in Scala: Meet LLM4S 1.0 8:20pm - 🥤 Socialising: Grab a drink and let's discuss the talks. 9:00pm - 🍻 Join us in a pub to discuss the talks! 🌐 **This event will not have a live stream** We hope to see you there in person. **🗣️ Avinder Bahra: The Road to ZIO DynamoDB 3** ZIO DynamoDB is a Scala library providing both a low level and a high-level, type-safe API for working with Amazon DynamoDB, aiming to remove much of the boilerplate associated with the underlying AWS SDK. In this talk, I'll walk through the journey of developing ZIO DynamoDB 3.x, starting with the problems encountered in the original implementation and the attempts to address them. Finally, we'll look at the resulting 3.x API and see how these design decisions overcome adoption barriers and translate into a simpler and more predictable developer experience with practical code examples. ⭐ Avinder Bahra (He/Him) ⭐ Avinder Bahra had been using Scala as a backend developer for that last 10 years and is the maintainer of ZIO DynamoDB. Fun fact: The first relational database he used was Ingres, which had to be loaded from an 8-inch floppy disk! **🗣️ Kannupriya Kalra & Rory Graves: Your Next AI Agent Should Be Written in Scala: Meet LLM4S 1.0** 18 months after LLM4S kicked off, and one year after Kannupriya Kalra and Rory Graves demonstrated a usable version at Scala Days Switzerland, LLM4S has evolved into a production-ready, Scala-native AI framework. But why should your next AI agent b
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When is Scala Talks: Your AI Agent Should Be Written in Scala & Road to ZIO DynamoDB 3?
Scala Talks: Your AI Agent Should Be Written in Scala & Road to ZIO DynamoDB 3 takes place on Wednesday, 25 November 2026 at 18:00.
Where is Scala Talks: Your AI Agent Should Be Written in Scala & Road to ZIO DynamoDB 3 taking place?
Scala Talks: Your AI Agent Should Be Written in Scala & Road to ZIO DynamoDB 3 is held at ICE Services in London (7 Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4YH, London, EC2M 4YH).
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