springsux

I don't get reactive or functional. I get, step 1 do something, step 2 if something then do step 4 else step 3. Those were really the days. I guess if I could have my dream framework today it would be just Java and some Apache jars and some Google jars, maybe an odd jar here or there. And Eclipse, always Eclipse.

I'd also steer clear of anyone who can quote GoF or Fowler.

I'm thinking of changing my resume to 1 page with a 72 pt sized question mark.

Death by a thousand annotations, which used to be death by a thousand XML files.

> Meanwhile, Oracle owns a lot of Java products

That doesn't make Oracle bad or Pivotal good.

> I see two import aspects that Spring provide: first, dependency injection/inversion of control as basis and then a way to 1000+1 things "right".

DI creates debugging nightmares by moving what used to be compile time checks to runtime. Fowler was wrong.