# shekhargulati/52-technologies-in-2016

Let's learn a new technology every week. A new technology blog every Sunday in 2016.

Repository: https://github.com/shekhargulati/52-technologies-in-2016
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/52-technologies-in-2016
Homepage: https://shekhargulati.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: learning, tutorial, blog, awesome, awesome-list
Last push: 2022-10-18T03:18:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3895, "days_push": 1415, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7320, forks 588 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:58.200438+00:00)

## What it is
A blog series repository where the author learned and wrote about a new technology every week during 2016, covering tools like Finatra, SBT, Stanford CoreNLP, and Slick with example applications. The series was discontinued after 42 posts and is no longer updated.

## Use cases
- learn Scala REST API development with Finatra
- find tutorials on sbt build tool
- learn sentiment analysis with Stanford CoreNLP
- get started with Slick for database access in Scala
- discover a variety of technologies through weekly blog posts

## When to choose
- you want beginner-friendly tutorials on the covered technologies
- you want example applications accompanying each tutorial
- you are exploring a curated list of developer tools from 2016

## When to avoid
- you need up-to-date tutorials reflecting current tool versions
- you expect the series to be completed with all 52 posts
- you need content on technologies released after 2016

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, documentation
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: tutorial-series, blog-posts, weekly-learning, scala, javascript, archived-series

## Member repositories
- shekhargulati/52-technologies-in-2016 (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:58.200438+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:38:39.713767+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/shekhargulati/52-technologies-in-2016 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:58.200438+00:00, sha 941ce2a9386b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.