Java Is 30 Years Old Here s Why It s Still Winning

To try everything Brilliant has to offer for free, visit http://brilliant.org/ForrestKnight/ and get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription.. . Java just turned 30. For a language everyone loves to roast as “verbose” and “corporate,” it somehow powers banks, Netflix, and an entire generation of Minecraft coders. In this video, I walk through why Java survived when so many “better” platforms didn’t – from the JVM’s “write once, run anywhere” promise to enterprise reliability, Spring’s rise, modern performance (JIT/GraalVM), and the broader JVM ecosystem. Happy 30th, Java. You’re boring… and that’s exactly why you win.. . 0:00 Java turns 30, still everywhere. 0:55 The Hate. 1:45 The Graveyard. 3:26 Write once, run anywhere. 5:12 The Evolution. 6:40 Java isn’t perfect. 7:26 Happy 30th, Java. . If you’re a developer, sign up to my free newsletter Dev Notes 👉 https://www.devnotesdaily.com/. . If you’re a student, checkout my Notion template Studious: https://notionstudent.com. . Don’t know why you’d want to follow me on other socials. I don’t even post. But here you go.. 🐱‍🚀 GitHub: https://github.com/forrestknight. 🐦 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/forrestpknight. 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/forrestpknight. 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forrestpknight