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Very experienced and skilled devs. Plus they build everything on the Java platform and always have, so they get a big productivity boost over many companies tha

Very experienced and skilled devs. Plus they build everything on the Java platform and always have, so they get a big productivity boost over many companies that use less effective tools. Also, not VC backed. A 'real' company, that actually makes money because people buy their products. Our expectations of how many developers are needed for things is inflated by the prevalence of unprofitable venture backed firms that over hire.

quickthrower2 9y ago
They also make .NET products. Like Resharper.
- eat_veggies 9y ago
  And python! Pycharm is really slick but I don't think I'll ever give up Sublime Text.
Justsignedup 9y ago
They built Kotlin because writing pure java was being too inefficient for them and had too many null pointer exceptions. They build language parsers, why not build a language :P They are also based in Russia so their costs are a bit lower probably. Also as peoplewindow mentioned they grow based on need, so we know they didn't hire 200 developers just because.
- marmaduke 9y ago
  Prague actually. I've heard informatics is pretty strong there so unsurprising that such a strong PL company is also in Prague. https://www.jetbrains.com/company/contacts/ https://www.jetbrains.com/company/contacts/
  - peoplewindow 9y ago
    JetBrains was and largely still is a Russian company. The Kotlin developers are all based in St Petersburg for example.
- peoplewindow 9y ago
  Yeah, but there's more to Java than the language. Compare to one of their primary competitors, Visual Studio. VS is still struggling with the transition to 64 bits because they can't take the plugins with them. It essentially can't be made cross platform with the result that they gave up and started a rewrite (VS Code). Despite Microsoft having vastly more resources than JetBrains, IntelliJ seems to have more features. I credit a lot of that to the underlying platform being higher level and more productive.
  - jermaustin1 9y ago
    VS Code isn't a rewrite of Visual Studio, it is just a text editor with support for plugins. Visual Studio isn't 64-bit for performance reasons. They have decided instead to take components that are most constrained by the 32bit limitation and move them out of processes, leaving the core application 32bit [1]. 1: https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio-2015/suggestions/2255687-make-vs-scalable-by-switching-to-64-bit?page=1&per_page=20 https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-stud...

quickthrower2 9y ago

They also make .NET products. Like Resharper.

eat_veggies 9y ago
And python! Pycharm is really slick but I don't think I'll ever give up Sublime Text.

Justsignedup 9y ago

They built Kotlin because writing pure java was being too inefficient for them and had too many null pointer exceptions. They build language parsers, why not build a language :P They are also based in Russia so their costs are a bit lower probably. Also as peoplewindow mentioned they grow based on need, so we know they didn't hire 200 developers just because.

marmaduke 9y ago
Prague actually. I've heard informatics is pretty strong there so unsurprising that such a strong PL company is also in Prague. https://www.jetbrains.com/company/contacts/ https://www.jetbrains.com/company/contacts/
- peoplewindow 9y ago
  JetBrains was and largely still is a Russian company. The Kotlin developers are all based in St Petersburg for example.
peoplewindow 9y ago
Yeah, but there's more to Java than the language. Compare to one of their primary competitors, Visual Studio. VS is still struggling with the transition to 64 bits because they can't take the plugins with them. It essentially can't be made cross platform with the result that they gave up and started a rewrite (VS Code). Despite Microsoft having vastly more resources than JetBrains, IntelliJ seems to have more features. I credit a lot of that to the underlying platform being higher level and more productive.
- jermaustin1 9y ago
  VS Code isn't a rewrite of Visual Studio, it is just a text editor with support for plugins. Visual Studio isn't 64-bit for performance reasons. They have decided instead to take components that are most constrained by the 32bit limitation and move them out of processes, leaving the core application 32bit [1]. 1: https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio-2015/suggestions/2255687-make-vs-scalable-by-switching-to-64-bit?page=1&per_page=20 https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-stud...