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> For example, using Http/JSON/Database libraries have always been a lot harder than they need to be due to a die hard approach to pure FP.

Hu? There are plenty of alternatives to the pure FP ecosystem.

HTTP: Dispatch, Requests-Scala, literally any Java client if that's still too FP for you

JSON: uPickle, Play JSON, or simply Jackson

DB: ScalikeJDBC. Quill and Slick do a lot more but are not particularly die-hard FP either.