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I work on a Java backend enterprise app that heavily uses the Spring framework. It's a pretty substantial app at over 500k LOC but I can't shake the feeling that the overall design is pretty poor.

The first decision to kick off a greenfield Java project usually sounds breezy: "Let's start with Spring Boot, it's everywhere." A few days in, someone mutters that Quarkus boots faster and saves ...