“Lombok is like cocaine. At first, it feels awesome, but after a while, you regret your choices.”

Heard that at JavaOne last year—and it came back to me today during the fireside chat with Brian Goetz, Ron Pressler & team.

Lombok solved real problems—but by stepping outside the language.

Now Java evolves (records, pattern matching…), and those gaps are closing.

Rely less on workarounds, more on the platform itself. #JavaOne