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Over 260 free Scala & Functional Programming videos: https://t.co/pWogmdssB1

Talkeetna, Alaska
Joined March 2009
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@zivergetech
ziverge
14 days
A foundational Scala 3 lesson: building a “Hello, world” app and running it with scala-cli 🙌 Watch here: https://t.co/pUNvIEK4uz Instructor: @alvinalexander
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Alvin Alexander
13 days
Trying to make these books free has made my life more difficult, so starting on Monday, I’ll change all the prices back to $10-20. If you want one free, or know someone else who does, get it before December 1st! #scala #functionalprogramming
@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
2 years
To make it easier than ever to get started with #FunctionalProgramming, the PDF version of “Learn Functional Programming The Fast Way!” is now free. 🥳 Learn about #Scala error-handling data types (Option, Try, and Either), and get started with ZIO! https://t.co/oJ81HrAJPE
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World Gold Council
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
23 days
I saw this quote in an old yoga book, and it reminded me of the joy of teaching #Scala. I first discovered Scala in 2011 when I lived in Alaska, and when I saw the language I thought everything was wonderfully consistent and well thought-out.
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Alvin Alexander
28 days
A couple of years ago I heard someone say about the Republican party, “Every accusation is a confession,” and things made a lot more sense after that.
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Alvin Alexander
1 month
Enjoy over 250 free #Scala and #ZIO videos! As always, many thanks to @zivergetech for making these videos free for everyone! 🙏
@zivergetech
ziverge
1 month
We've finally uploaded all ZIO courses of the brilliant @alvinalexander on our YouTube Channel 💪 Check out the courses available: ➡️ Introduction to Scala 3 ➡️ Advanced Scala 3 ➡️ Introduction to Functional Programming ➡️ Functional Programming in Depth ➡️ Functional
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@FannieMae
Fannie Mae
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
1 month
Enjoy over 250 free #Scala and #ZIO videos! As always, many thanks to @zivergetech for making these videos free for everyone! 🙏
@zivergetech
ziverge
1 month
We've finally uploaded all ZIO courses of the brilliant @alvinalexander on our YouTube Channel 💪 Check out the courses available: ➡️ Introduction to Scala 3 ➡️ Advanced Scala 3 ➡️ Introduction to Functional Programming ➡️ Functional Programming in Depth ➡️ Functional
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
2 months
An old note I just ran across: Shinzen Young notes that there are a lot of thoughts in your brain, and they’re all competing for attention—all trying to come to the surface to get your attention. So it’s natural that when you meditate and the front-most thoughts subside, all
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
2 months
We’re now over 2,000, and better than that, the courses are all free: https://t.co/tQrpEx71wk
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
2 months
Make that 1,999 course registrations! https://t.co/tQrpEx71wk #scala #functionalprogramming
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
2 months
Make that 1,999 course registrations! https://t.co/tQrpEx71wk #scala #functionalprogramming
@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
5 months
I just saw that we are now over 1,800 course registrations. #Scala and #FunctionalProgramming training, all 100% free.
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
4 months
Working with a different technology stack for the last month has given me hope that there’s still at least a small market for programming books. Even though I’ve been writing code almost daily with an assist from A.I. tools, asking constant questions as I go along, there’s
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
4 months
During recent job interviews, people ask if I write tests. Why yes, I do. Even though “Back To Now” is currently a little app, it has over 200 unit tests & counting, so Claude and I can keep going as fast as possible every day: https://t.co/u9U3cWYlWj
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
4 months
Here’s a short demo of the slideshow feature. https://t.co/u9U3cWYlWj
@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
4 months
If you’re interested in #mindfulness, I created Back To Now as a “mindfulness reminder” app. Just add your favorite quotes and images, set up a schedule, and it sends you custom reminders. Some friends like the slideshow feature even more. https://t.co/u9U3cWYTLR
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
4 months
If you’re interested in #mindfulness, I created Back To Now as a “mindfulness reminder” app. Just add your favorite quotes and images, set up a schedule, and it sends you custom reminders. Some friends like the slideshow feature even more. https://t.co/u9U3cWYTLR
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
4 months
If you (want to) live in New York or California, Disney is looking for some Scala/JVM experience: https://t.co/2M0BKCT5y8 #scala #jvm
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@Cloudflare
Cloudflare
7 months
Train smarter, store freely - no egress fees on Cloudflare's R2 object storage.
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
4 months
A man in his 80s asked me to ghostwrite a letter to a woman he met at church. Now they have a date this week. I’m not sure if I’m a hopeless romantic or starting a niche side hustle. :)
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
4 months
Okay, I just wrapped up some small projects and I’m ready to go back to work full time! Anyone need some Scala or maybe some technical writing? (There’s a reason I didn’t go into sales or marketing. 😂)
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
5 months
I just saw that we are now over 1,800 course registrations. #Scala and #FunctionalProgramming training, all 100% free.
@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
7 months
My free Scala and Functional Programming video courses are now complete!🥳 We have 8 courses, with 266 videos, and since August, 2024, we have over 1,450 course registrations. Many thanks to @zivergetech, @jdegoes , and @Tornadolobo for making this all possible. 🙏 The
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
5 months
One Sunday many moons ago I was working at a client site and thought I was alone, and was playing a Led Zeppelin song ridiculously loud as I worked. Then a security guard came in and yelled that he could hear it all the way down the hallway, and I yelled back, “It’s great,
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@indoorgolfshop
The Indoor Golf Shop ⛳️
29 days
🚨UNEEKOR BLACK FRIDAY SALE - Up to 30% OFF best-selling golf simulators!
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
6 months
A great thing about learning #Scala is that it has every feature you’d want in a programming language, and those features are generally implemented in a logical, consistent manner. So when you work in another language, it’s just a matter of translating that feature back to what
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@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
6 months
I just noticed that we’re now over 1,750 registrations, which is pretty cool.
@alvinalexander
Alvin Alexander
6 months
We have now passed 1,600 course registrations! 🥳 #scala #functionalprogramming #free
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