Explore the landscape of concurrent programming in Scala through a comprehensive comparison of Akka, Monix, and ZIO frameworks in this Scala Days Lausanne 2019 conference talk. Dive into key concepts such as obtaining self-references, extracting current contexts, and implementing coordinators. Examine the differences between Monix and ZIO, as well as Future and IO. Learn about error handling, side effects, and various IO operations including Collect Command, Receive IO, and Fork. Discover the benefits of typesafe programming and single blueprints while understanding the ecosystems surrounding actors and recursive receive patterns. Gain insights into choosing the most suitable concurrent programming approach for your Scala projects in 2019 and beyond.