>Lightweight Java has always been a thing for those who appreciate Java-the-language but despise Java-the-ecosystem. I always disliked Java until I was convert

>Lightweight Java has always been a thing for those who appreciate Java-the-language but despise Java-the-ecosystem. I always disliked Java until I was converted by some developers of that group in a past job. I suppose it is fair to judge a language by the overall flavour of its ecosystem, but it is a bit disappointing. I wish more people could see how simple and _good_ it can be when you use the JDK itself, and not go through other overcomplicated systems to use it. For example, Spring Boot is basically a massive pile of hacks (regardless of whether you consider it good or bad), and Java only really serves as an underlying support technology for it.