Spring Boot
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
1warn against
Jan 7, 2026first mention
Oct 6, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Spring Boot, HTMX, Postgresql, Valkey, Solr”
“its the smoothest java based web dev experience ive had in so long”
Caveats and dissent
“SpringBoot (java's Rails) or Hibernate (java's ActiveRecord) require at least 15MB each!”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2026) 1 mention
- What About Rails? 1 mention
- A curmudgeon tries a language server 1 mention
- Spring Boot Done Right: Lessons from a 400-Module Codebase 1 mention
- Ask HN: What tech stack would you pick to rebuild HN today? 1 mention
- Htmx: High Power Tools for HTML 1 mention
Data: spring-boot.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“Tech stack: Java / Spring Boot, React / Next.js, Azure (Service Bus, Kubernetes), SQL Server.”
“SpringBoot (java's Rails) or Hibernate (java's ActiveRecord) require at least 15MB each!”
“I can hire a competent SpringBoot engineer who can "fill out the form" and have a fast-enough API ready in a few days.”
“Switched from Spring Boot to Ruby on Rails 3 years ago.”
“Spring Boot, HTMX, Postgresql, Valkey, Solr”
“its the smoothest java based web dev experience ive had in so long”