Functional World #18 | Better Scala Builds with the Mill Build Tool

Join us for a deep dive into modern Scala build tooling with none other than Li Haoyi, MIT graduate, open source powerhouse, and seasoned engineer behind critical infrastructure at companies like Dropbox and Databricks. Known for the widely-used "com-lihaoyi" suite of OSS Scala projects, Li brings unmatched JVM expertise and real-world experience in building everything from programming languages to high-performance distributed systems.

In his talk, “Better Scala Builds with the Mill Build Tool,” Li will showcase how Mill rethinks the Scala build process to be faster, simpler, and more scalable than SBT. Through live-coding and practical examples, you’ll get a hands-on look at how Mill can streamline your development workflow—making your build files easier to write, navigate, and understand. Whether you're working on a hobby project or wrangling a sprawling codebase, this session will leave you rethinking what a Scala build tool should be.