Daniel Beskin

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I enjoy using Scala and Functional Programming to craft code that is beautiful, maintainable, and fun to write.

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DBDaniel Beskinncreep.hashnode.devAug 8, 2025 · 1 min read

Moving Away from Hashnode

This blog has moved away from the Hashnode platform. Going forwards new posts will published on: https://blog.daniel-beskin.com If you subscribed to the RSS feed it should work with the same URL as before. If you subscribed via email you should be au...

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DBDaniel Beskinncreep.hashnode.devJun 10, 2025 · 70 min read

First Make It Correct

Way back in December, in the spirit of the times (it seems that everyone was either solving Advent of Code or looking for a job), like an elephant in a china shop, I found myself solving a leetcode-style problem. Before I say anything else1, I would ...

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DBDaniel Beskinncreep.hashnode.devApr 30, 2025 · 6 min read

Random Scala Tip #624: The Pitfalls of Option Blindness

Given this class: case class User( id: UserId, email: Option[Email], address: Option[Address], posts: Option[List[Post]], lastLogin: Option[Timestamp]) What does Option on each of the fields actually means? Well, after spending hours diggi...

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DBDaniel Beskinncreep.hashnode.devApr 14, 2025 · 10 min read

Whiteboxish Macro Powers with Named Tuples

I've recently stumbled upon a post on Scala Contributors by Kit Langton describing how he managed to create the illusion of adding automatically derived (publicly visible) members to a companion of a class. Something that's no longer possible to achi...

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DBDaniel Beskinncreep.hashnode.devJan 15, 2025 · 5 min read

Random Scala Tip #568: Beware of Leaking Iterators

The Tip The Scala collections library defines an Iterator trait. As you might expect, a typical Iterator's implementation relies on mutable state. And so for the today's tip: Beware of leaking Iterator instances outside the scope you initialized it ...

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Moving Away from Hashnode

First Make It Correct

Random Scala Tip #624: The Pitfalls of Option Blindness

Whiteboxish Macro Powers with Named Tuples

Random Scala Tip #568: Beware of Leaking Iterators

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Daniel Beskin

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Daniel Beskin's blogs

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Moving Away from Hashnode

First Make It Correct

Random Scala Tip #624: The Pitfalls of Option Blindness

Whiteboxish Macro Powers with Named Tuples

Random Scala Tip #568: Beware of Leaking Iterators