probably I know I'm the outsider here, but Maven can do everything any other tool can, but then also a ton of stuff more that none other can, Gradle et al. incl

probably I know I'm the outsider here, but Maven can do everything any other tool can, but then also a ton of stuff more that none other can, Gradle et al. included: Namely, enabling you to do proper dependency & version management with parent projects (POMs). Massively useful if you have gigantic projects with hundreds+ of dependencies.