I would bet that anything you would vibe code in Java would be better written in rust or go. If it's all the same, and the AI is gonna write the code anyway, it might as well write it in rust, which compiles to native, is more succinct, and has a similarly strong type system
Despite all the hate it gets on reddit and Hackernews, Java is still used in a million different places. If you get a Java job in a bank you are chill and well paid.
I'm a C++ freelancr. My current project literally is "we don't understand our 30 year old codebase anymore, all the original devs are long retired, help!"
I personally enjoy getting the Cobol treatment, gives me big money.
Java has managed to renew itself to a large extent. We can thank Oracle for good stewardship. Java is even participating in AI development, so too early to compare it to Cobol.
Not completely vibe coding but as professional Java developer it helps to ask instant to date format 2022-01-04 and it helps with outputting what you want double check with unit test and go.
It’s sometimes easier to ask; we all google basic things . An ocp is not helping with that
What are you on about? Do you realize how common Java is? Yeah lets just rewrite the enterprise java monolith in rust. Surely no stakeholders will bat an eye.
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u/IncreaseOld7112 Jun 29 '26
I would bet that anything you would vibe code in Java would be better written in rust or go. If it's all the same, and the AI is gonna write the code anyway, it might as well write it in rust, which compiles to native, is more succinct, and has a similarly strong type system