Feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of technologies that seem to be required to program just about anything in Java? Every single technology and decision seems to require in-depth knowledge of every other technology and decision, thus forming an impenetrable web of expertise reserved for the most stubborn of us.

In addition, new versions of these frameworks, libraries and technologies seem to pop-up every month. Who can keep track of all those versions, what changed, what's new, what version of library A you need for a specific version of library B?

Let's face it. It all takes time: Trying to get up to speed with the latest Java version and finding out how many bugs updating your build pipeline to it introduces. Or trying to get up to speed with the latest Spring 5.X version and understanding how you are supposed to write REST services with it now, as compared to two versions earlier.

All of that in addition to finishing your actual project. Your boss or client doesn't care if you can handle Java 11 or not - he assumes it.

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• Shouldn't I have just used Java 8 instead of 11? Does it even matter??
• Hoes does this stupid Spring magic work? I don't understand it
• What, 20 pages of dry documentation for a simple hello world????
• Don't even get me started on Hibernate and databases...Just why????
• How do Java streams work again? Aren't for-loops out?
• Is Stackoverflow.com really the only chance to make this work?
• Does any of this actually help my program do what it is supposed to do?

To answer these questions, you need knowledge. And gathering that knowledge takes time. But you're all so busy. Or frustrated. Or both.

How often did you think that setting up that new Java library or tool was super easy, only to find out you are having a ball-ache of a problem you can't get over - after having spent a couple of hours on it?

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