Can you provide any examples or evidence of Java apps that prove this?
Because in my experience as of 2026, Java programs are consistently among the most painful or unpleasant to interact with.
Because in my experience as of 2026, Java programs are consistently among the most painful or unpleasant to interact with.
> But people just want to compare it to building a cli tool in go or rust.
This seems like the key. HN is definitely biased towards simpler, smaller tools. (And that's not a bad thing!). The most compelling JVM stories I hear are all from much larger scale enterprise settings.
Kafka being a good example. It's very good at what it does, but painful to manage and usually not worth the pain for anyone who's not in a mega enterprise.