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Software development topics I've changed my mind on

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873 points belter | 1 comments | 05 Feb 25 09:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.35s | source
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qwertox ◴[05 Feb 25 15:31 UTC] No.42949893[source]▶
> Java is a great language because it's boring

My issue with Java is not that it's boring, which it is not, but there is so much that needs to be done to get a simple "Hello World" program to run which also depends on an external library. It feels like you first have to build a castle just to put a bed in a room.

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1. geophile ◴[05 Feb 25 16:07 UTC] No.42950515[source]▶
Do you mean "public class HelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { ... } }"?

Or the ridiculous Spring abstractions that many people insist on?

The former is a minor nuisance, easily filled in by an IDE. The latter is far worse, unnecessary bloat and complexity. Architecture Astronaut stuff.