Richard Clayton

Stumbling my way through the great wastelands of enterprise software development.

I'm Quitting Java.

...and probably the JVM as well.

I've been looking for a new language for a long time now...

Java has been my primary language for years, but not because I'm fond of its syntax. The thing Java has going for it is a really large ecosystem. Lately, however, I find the disadvantages of the language outweighing the benefits.

My biggest gripes are:

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June 18, 2014

Moving to Silvrback.

Goodbye ugly and clunky Blogger.com.

If you are here, you are well aware I'm in the process of migrating my old site www.gettingcirrius.com to here.

Unfortunately, I do not have a whole lot of time on my hands, and I will not be moving the 50+ articles I wrote to this website.