After James Strachan was knifed 2 years after he created Apache Groovy, that ecosystem has been all about consulting and conferences. Software such as Grails an

After James Strachan was knifed 2 years after he created Apache Groovy, that ecosystem has been all about consulting and conferences. Software such as Grails and Gradle is shoved down people's throats with promises of managing complexity and giving users choices, but in reality these tools add complexity and the documentation obscures. Then the sales calls start touting conferences and paid services to manage it all.