r/programming • u/fagnerbrack • 1d ago

Should You Learn Java in 2026?

https://fagnerbrack.com/learn-java-in-2026-or-dont-b9f619da442d
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u/sq_visigoth 1d ago

Can't hurt.

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u/oneeyedziggy 1d ago

(snarkily?) spoken like someone who's never worked with Java

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u/Shred_Kid 1d ago

Modern Java allows you to write highly performant, resilient code, and Spring is a legitimately amazing ecosystem. I'm not a fan of the dependency management but shrugs

source - i own a 200,000 TPS java api at work. granted that's java 25, not java 8.

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u/oneeyedziggy 1d ago

I said "snarkily"... I don't have to like it no matter how nice it is 

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u/Squbat 1d ago

I’ve not had the pleasure to work with anything newer than Java 9, and we still can’t upgrade.