I'm sad not because Scala is dying but because it will embolden the many loud voices who like to proclaim it as dying, while others will believe them. Meanwhile, it will continue to progress. I became a better java programmer, a better php programmer, and a better javascript programmer by studying Scala. I became better at distributed systems concepts by studying Akka. I'm sure I will become better at a lot of other things by studying Akka Typed and Dotty. It's a language that clarifies your thinking in a way that brings better practices to other spheres. It's absolutely worth learning.
I've also had the experience of using it on undisciplined teams and that sucked. One overly "clever" programmer can turn off a sufficient number of other programmers and give it a bad rep. I don't think a language being expressive is sufficient cause to blame the language for that, though.
I've also had the experience of using it on undisciplined teams and that sucked. One overly "clever" programmer can turn off a sufficient number of other programmers and give it a bad rep. I don't think a language being expressive is sufficient cause to blame the language for that, though.