The author, inspired by the potential of both Scala and Neo4j, decided to experiment with them at FOSS4g 2011. He started by using sbt for the first time and tried out Scala's application trait in order to create a main method. The project was documented throughout on his blog, where he expressed excitement about the possibilities of both technologies. The author also shared his experience with graph databases in general, and invited readers to learn more about them through a free ebook from O'Reilly.