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Maybe I'm getting cynical but in terms of longevity, I don't know how long JetBrains will be around and I'm not trusting Google to maintain a project for a long
by NeutralForest 2y ago
Maybe I'm getting cynical but in terms of longevity, I don't know how long JetBrains will be around and I'm not trusting Google to maintain a project for a long time. Can't believe I'm saying this but for perennial projects in that sphere, Java seems like the better option :/
- rickette 2y agoJetBrains exists since 2000 and is privately owned. Not VC funded. Looks as solid as it gets.
- kragen 2y agothe more important question is usually whether people outside the core dev team can (practically and legally) rebuild from modified source
- NeutralForest 2y agoAgreed ofc but it's still only one company.
- radiKal07 2y agoI trust JetBrains way more than Google to keep products around
- NeutralForest 2y agoSame and with lots of Kotlin code in the wild on Android, I'm not too afraid to language will fade away. Bu in terms of active development like KMM; I don't like JetBrains being pretty much a single point of failure.
- dgellow 2y agoJetbrains is one of the best example of a bootstrapped company. They have a fantastic track record of 20+ years shipping and evolving some of the best IDEs out there