Here’s an emblematic example of the problems in the community - Scala Center’s executive director Darja Jovanovich berating a conference audience with sexualised slurs and swearing:

https://x.com/jdegoes/status/1633888998434193411

And instead of facing any consequences, it’s actually the whistleblower (John De Goes) who is criticised for calling her out.

This issue is rooted in politics (Darja is a political sciences graduate with no commercial or academic Scala experience - AKA a leftwing DEI hire, whereas John De Goes is a powerhouse contributor to the ecosystem who failed to bow down to the leftwing establishment that had installed itself in the ecosystem).