Yeah, I'd say that Spring is the Java equivalent of the same problem (over-engineering), just using reflection and runtime bytecode generation instead. I agree

Yeah, I'd say that Spring is the Java equivalent of the same problem (over-engineering), just using reflection and runtime bytecode generation instead. I agree that using Monads, Monoids, etc. isn't necessarily indicative of over engineering in itself. If used well they can make the code clearer/simpler.