Totally agree. I don&#x27;t understand what the Scala compile server does. It&#x27;s far slower than using SBT (or Activator, when working on a Play project).<p>I always just keep a console open and compile from the command line, because IntelliJ compilation is huge waste of time. I rarely debug because that means I&#x27;d have to wait 2 minutes for IntelliJ to do it&#x27;s thing before it launches.<p>Oh, and the test output is inconsistent. It often reports that all tests pass even when they are failing.<p>Other than that - and it is a huge inconvenience -  IntelliJ is still awesome for Scala development. Everything else the editor is capable of easily justifies it&#x27;s place in Scala development.