While I agree with you that Spring is clunky, if you're making a simple application I don't think anyone will recommend Spring. Where Spring shines is enterpri

While I agree with you that Spring is clunky, if you're making a simple application I don't think anyone will recommend Spring. Where Spring shines is enterprise. When you have 600k concurrent users it's just something I can trust. Other solutions can work too, but we value the stability.