Simon Willison’s Weblog

Why does Java encourage over-engineering?

16th November 2010

My answer to Why does Java encourage over-engineering? on Quora

I suggest reading “Execution in the Kingdom of Nouns” http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/...

Posted 16th November 2010 at 1:06 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

More recent articles

The Axios supply chain attack used individually targeted social engineering - 3rd April 2026
Highlights from my conversation about agentic engineering on Lenny's Podcast - 2nd April 2026
Mr. Chatterbox is a (weak) Victorian-era ethically trained model you can run on your own computer - 30th March 2026

This is Why does Java encourage over-engineering? by Simon Willison, posted on 16th November 2010.

java 91 quora 1005

Next: How do you work with front-end developers?

Previous: Why is Java perceived as not cool for startups? We seem to be getting a lot of feedback lately that a startup should be using Ruby on Rails, PHP, Python, etc., if they want to be agile and iterate quickly.

Monthly briefing

Sponsor me for $10/month and get a curated email digest of the month's most important LLM developments.

Pay me to send you less!

Sponsor & subscribe