Is it just me, or does the Spring Framework lead to hard-to-maintain code and confusion with annotations?

• jOOQ

  94 5,882 9.8 Java

  jOOQ is the best way to write SQL in Java

  

I strongly advocate frameworks like https://javalin.io/ and Jooq (https://www.jooq.org/) if you are going to start a new project in Java.

• javalin.github.io

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  Javalin website source code

  

I strongly advocate frameworks like https://javalin.io/ and Jooq (https://www.jooq.org/) if you are going to start a new project in Java.

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• embeddedjettyexamples

  1 1 10.0 Java

But I don't know what can replace it. I experimented with seeing how much I could do myself - https://github.com/markscottwright/embeddedjettyexamples and https://github.com/markscottwright/embeddedtomcatexamples if you're curious. You really do get a lot "for free" with Spring.

• embeddedtomcatexamples

  1 0 10.0 Java

  Simplest versions of java projects that use embedded tomcat

But I don't know what can replace it. I experimented with seeing how much I could do myself - https://github.com/markscottwright/embeddedjettyexamples and https://github.com/markscottwright/embeddedtomcatexamples if you're curious. You really do get a lot "for free" with Spring.

• JDBI

  27 1,901 9.4 Java

  The Jdbi library provides convenient, idiomatic access to relational databases in Java and other JVM technologies such as Kotlin, Clojure or Scala.

  

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

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