Annotations were once condemned as 'magic' for doing things at runtime. Now it's apparently fine to use a language where most non-trivial code depends on macros

Annotations were once condemned as 'magic' for doing things at runtime. Now it's apparently fine to use a language where most non-trivial code depends on macros. Tools that rewrite your code at compile time, often invisibly. But hey, it's not magic if it's your magic, right?