After trying Kotlin, Scala, and Go, I returned to Java, surprised by its evolution. Despite Kotlin's conciseness and Scala's expressiveness, both present challenges in error handling and complexity, which can obscure understanding. Go's simplicity was attractive, yet it lacks robust error-handling mechanisms for large systems. In contrast, recent Java versions like Java 17 and 21 introduced powerful features, such as Virtual Threads, making it more suitable for large-scale backend development and aligning with modern programming needs without losing clarity.
While Kotlin felt like Java's elegant sibling, its compiler tricks could lead to unreadable stack traces when errors occurred, proving challenging for teams.
Scala's impressive expressive power made coding feel bulletproof, but its complexity might overwhelm teams new to its concepts of immutability and pattern matching.
Go's simplicity attracted me initially, but I found its lack of robust error handling and type safety to be limiting in larger applications.
Java remains my language of choice for backend development due to its evolved features like Virtual Threads, which enhance performance without sacrificing clarity.
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