One year ago, under the gentle pressure of a colleague, I tried Spring Roo. I had mixed feelings about the experience: while wanting to increase productivity was of course a good idea, I had concerned regarding Roo’s intrusiveness. I left it at that, and closed the part of my memory related to it. Now, one year later, I learned that my favourite web framework, namely Vaadin, had set their sight on a Roo plugin. That was enough for me to get back on my feet and try again.