I tweet technical content that I consider interesting, but the funny tweets are the ones that get the most engagement. I attended the JavaLand conference in March, stumbled upon the Gradle booth, and found this gem: Things have changed a lot 😂😂😂“When you can’t beat them, join them” pic.twitter.com/SnX3KN57o8— Nicolas Fränkel 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪 (@nicolas_frankel) March 22, 2023 Of course, at some point, a fanboy hijacked the thread and claimed the so-called superiority of Gradle.

Stop the f… about #Spring & #Hibernate migrating to #Gradle. Repeat after me: "my project do NOT have the same requirements" #Maven— Nicolas Fränkel 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪 (@nicolas_frankel) July 16, 2013 This was my week’s hate, and I take full responsibility for every character in it. While that may seem like a troll, Twitter is not really the place to have a good-natured debate with factual arguments, so here is the follow up.