The document discusses a company that transitioned from a Java codebase to Scala for developing their content API. They started by writing Scala test code and enjoyed features like sensible class constructors, type inference, and the REPL. After a month, they decided to convert the whole app to Scala due to these benefits. Over time, they embraced more Scala features while continuing to use the same tools as with Java. The transition was smooth by starting with "java without semicolons" and gradually adopting Scala.