Taking a break from Scala development Despite contributing to the Scala ecosystem for over a decade now, speaking at several conferences, two Scala Days, building Quill and more recently Kyo, I still face exclusion because the Scala Center's director decided to label me "clinically insane" for reporting harassment. Just recently, I had to deal with people aggressively questioning my mental health, a conference finding itself unable to enforce its own CoC, and a threat of a year-long ban from official forums. I was hoping I could cope with it while building Kyo but it's become unsustainable. The saddest part? I'm not alone. @propensive has faced much worse and we aren't even the only ones :( When institutional power is used to protect political agendas over community members, contributing becomes impossible. The same dynamics that drove out contributors through cancellation campaigns persist via different actors today. The Scala community has witnessed an extraordinary exodus of talented people over the recent years. Now you know why one more is stepping away: reporting harassment shouldn't result in mental health slurs from institutional leadership. Hopefully, I'll eventually find some inspiration to return. Kyo is fascinating, it'd be difficult to just leave it behind