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When O(N) is better than O(log N)?

We are used to think that O(log N) is always better than O(N), but it is not always true.

Scala Option performance cost

I wanted to measure how much extra cost does Scala Option incurs.

Pattern matching around type erasure

Better way to work around JVM type erasure in Scala pattern matching

Referencing Scala object from Java

This is a bit of functionality that I keep googling up over and over again.

Scala - the life saver

Scala is very complex, and yet the features I love the most are among the simplest pleasure it provides

My favourite Scala compilation error

Scala error message could be quite cryptic, but there is one which I love the most. It is caused by smallest of the errors with the message insanely far from actual cause.

Custom insert-or-update conditions with Squeryl

Squeryl is very smart, but some time you want to alter a bit of its logic. Here is one of the methods.

How to resolve conflicting methods error in Scala

The error "class XXX inherits conflicting members" is almost obvious by the compiler message, but stop just one step short of the full solution.