My latest Java project is cca 70,000 lines of code. 1 XML file (because the first developer didn&#x27;t know about spring annotations). No need for eclipse plugins, in IntelliJ I install only two: vim-plugin and lombook.<p>I&#x27;m not saying the Java world isn&#x27;t too complicated (it is) but if you know all the possible problems -- you <i>can</i> keep it sane.<p>Nowadays, I&#x27;m moving slowly to golang. But I don&#x27;t think I will stop programming in Java. I still think it is a nice language, but if you inherit a project from a &quot;enterprise Java developer&quot; who thinks in EJBs, then just run away :).