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Cutting Boilerplate with Scala 3's Deriving: A Practical Walkthrough
Scala 3's deriving mechanism uses compile-time Mirror introspection to generate type class instances for case classes and sealed traits automatically. This walkthrough shows a minimal JSON codec, explains product vs sum derivation, and covers compile-time costs and Scala 2 limitations.
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