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There is no greater sin than to say something positive about Java on the orange site... IMO Java and C# and other compiled languages have the opposite problem

There is no greater sin than to say something positive about Java on the orange site... IMO Java and C# and other compiled languages have the opposite problem with languages like python and JavaScript (I love all these languages btw). It’s easy to get up and running quickly with the latter. It’s not until your project has grown in complexity when the formers value becomes apparent. This is similar to mongodb vs say, Postgres. Also modern Java has picked up a lot of the better ideas from Kotlin and Scala. I still prefer Kotlin but I think a lot of criticism I read is referring to older versions of Java.

packetlost 5y ago
As someone currently trying to juggle a massive, extremely complex Python project, our code looks very Java-esque just so we can actually understand what's going on. Java/C# absolutely have a place, but the heavy startup mentality here will always lean towards "whatever lets me pump out my crapware and go to market fastest". Startups aren't known for producing well maintainable code (not that you can't make maintainable code with JS/Python, it just gets much harder at higher complexity scales).
- vikingcaffiene 5y ago
  Agree. It’s YAGNI until you YNI. ;p