I started on spring 2. I was working concurrently on django, spring 2, and flask. Spring was just painful, we were using xml definitions for alot of stuff. I ch

I started on spring 2. I was working concurrently on django, spring 2, and flask. Spring was just painful, we were using xml definitions for alot of stuff. I changed it over to class configuration but still. I was running a meetup tonight, and going over spring boot on kotlin. It felt so heavy to me. I've had this thought too why not like X. Spring has a really great ecosystem around it. I sort of look at it like the AWS of web frameworks. It has practically the kitchen sink in it. I've switched over to Kotlin. While I gravitated more to I think the sinatra style. I went from Spark -> Jooby -> now Ktor/Vert.x. Vert.x is like a breath of fresh air. I have never felt more liberated writing a backend. Combining that with Kotlin multiplatform and ktor for the js clients. Is so dead simple.