Java sucks in a lot of ways, but the reasons why it sucks and the methods for mitigating the parts that suck are well-known. On the plus side, you get an ecosys

Java sucks in a lot of ways, but the reasons why it sucks and the methods for mitigating the parts that suck are well-known. On the plus side, you get an ecosystem with high-quality libraries and tooling that actually come with documentation and examples, you get a good-enough type system to allow reasonably safe and strict development, and you can easily find solutions for any pitfalls you fall into because it's likely 1000+ people have already done the same. As a member of the http://boringtechnology.club/ http://boringtechnology.club/, I embrace Java's warts and enjoy its usefulness. My advice: - avoid frameworks like the plague - write in a functional style - lean on the type system as much as possible - don't chase the trendy stuff - avoid annotations - use code generation