It's true. They're all pretty sad. That said, the problems he lays out with Maven are mitigated fairly well by using a local Maven proxy. I like to keep all of

It's true. They're all pretty sad. That said, the problems he lays out with Maven are mitigated fairly well by using a local Maven proxy. I like to keep all of my dependent bits in there, and I'm no longer at the mercy of changes or differences in repos.