I am starting to like Java

Building abstraction upon abstraction, design pattern upon design pattern, isn't as much of a chore as it felt before.

I feel like I am building a large structure to solve a simple problem, like a rube goldberg machine, and I can revel in the complexity.

There is a certain zen-like quality in chaining seemingly unrelated design patterns together to create a crazy behemoth that still completes the task assigned.

I suppose doing Enterprise™ Java™ Development™ for a living won't be so bad, after all...

The JVM is the most amazing piece of software in existence. It gets near bare metal performance and runs on basically all hardware out there. I used to make fun of the JVM, but now I realize why Google decided to use it as the foundation for Android. I don't know why anyone would choose to write code on native platforms anymore. Anything not using the JVM inevitably is under vendor/hardware lock-in.