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I'd love something like this that handled in-app purchased subscriptions. There's a bunch of annoying parts of dealing with the app store SDK's & verifying transactions, handling refunds etc. We have a combination of online credit card purchases and in-app ones, it seems like there's an opening for some tool to handle the in-app part as well.

I've written C# for most of my career, and have in the last couple of years been exploring functional programming. I started learning Scala, and getting involved in the community and I found it to be quite interesting.

Something I find different is that most C# developers like writing C#, they may dislike many other parts of the ecosystem, but they generally enjoy the language. However with Scala developers, I find that many of them seem to dislike the language.

To cast a broad stereotypical brush, it seems like there are 2 main groups of Scala developers. There's those who are really into FP, and would love to be getting paid to write Haskell all day, but unfortunately Scala is the only option they can convince their employer to adopt. So they begrudgingly choose it because it has some of what they want, but they are forever wishing it was better & making their frustrations known.

Then there's the other side, which are developers coming from Java (or other OO languages) after hearing about the benefits of FP/Scala. They're either not using Scala professionally, but want to learn, or are just starting to use it at work. They are much more enthusiastic about the language.

Unfortunately, the first group are often more vocal, and it puts off newcomers.

Are there usually any other tech events on during the week of IO? ie smaller conferences/meetups etc?

So how do I deal with supporting both Android and iOS from a single Beacon?

It all looks very cool, but that 12 minute battery life :(

2 weeks doesn't seem like that long to persist with a major change like swapping from sitting all day to standing. Would be interesting to hear from someone who persisted with it for longer to see if they were able to adjust fully. I have a desk that is adjustable from sitting to standing and enjoy it as it lets me work longer without my back annoying me.

In regards to the 135 degree suggestion, I've found this doesn't work well for me, my lower back hurts, and also it encourages me to stick my chin forward which puts pressure on your neck. Could be a result of body shape or specifics of my setup though.

Cheaper than $399 which is what the video says this will start from?

I was hoping to sign up to their training program using our Microsoft Partner Network MSDN but alas that is also excluded :(

Really interesting article, thanks for writing it. I'd like to hear a bit more about the reasoning for the whole company swap, what problems you were having with C#/Microsoft stack. The impression I got was that you tried out something new for a small project, liked it and liked the idea of OSS in general and then started doing everything in that way, is that all there was to it? What other factors came into the decision on a whole?