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Java Is Awful

The Language That Promised Everything and Delivered Pain

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Java Is Awful

By: Juan Franchino
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“Write once, run anywhere,” they promised. What they didn’t say was: debug everywhere, depend on monstrous frameworks, and drown in boilerplate forever.

Java Is Awful is not a rant. It’s a technically grounded, brutally honest critique of one of the most overhyped languages in the history of programming.

Written by veteran engineer Juan Franchino, who has over 50 years of experience — from punched cards to cloud-native systems — this book walks through the rise and fall of Java from a pragmatic, developer-first perspective.

Inside, you’ll find:

  • Why Java’s syntax became an obstacle, not a tool

  • The cult of complexity created by frameworks like Spring

  • How Android development became a bureaucratic nightmare

  • Why NullPointerException still haunts millions of apps

  • Comparisons with Go, Rust, Kotlin, and modern tools

  • A roadmap to move on — without hate, but with clarity

For developers, teachers, and tech leads, this is the book to read before choosing Java as a "safe" default.

Stop embalming code. Start programming again.

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