top | item 9786895

Ask HN: Are there any startups using Java?

9 points| BayAreaSmayArea | 10 years ago | reply

I don't have enough insight into the larger startup world, but had this discussion with some coworkers and was curious of the HN opinion.

Are there any startups using Java, not the JVM, today? Say any in the last year or two of YC classes?

If so, and you're at one of the startups, do you feel it has affected your ability to bring in development talent for the better or worse?

8 comments

[+] Zigurd|10 years ago|reply

First, almost all Android apps are coded in Java. But this is Java for heap sizes in the 10s of MB. Java with a component model that aggressively claws-back memory. Java with tasks that can wake up with a new PID. Java with RPCs you actually would use. Java with a rich UX stack. Server Java brains have evolved in a different direction.

Secondly, Google App Engine seems like a huge convenience for stuff that needs to scale and teams that don't have time to spend on the scaling problem. I don't hear much about it. I wonder why.

[+] sjg007|10 years ago|reply

Sssh...it's a secret.

[+] kdrakon|10 years ago|reply

I realise I'm not answering this question directly (although I am using Scala and Java 8 in my own startup project), I thought it might be applicable to leave these here:

http://www.wired.com/2013/09/the-second-coming-of-java/

http://www.drdobbs.com/jvm/if-java-is-dying-it-sure-looks-aw...

[+] BayAreaSmayArea|10 years ago|reply

Hard to call Twitter a startup :), but yeah by the articles own admission they're using mostly Scala with some Java.

Can you elaborate a bit on why you're using Java8 in your startup project?

[+] jtfairbank|10 years ago|reply

Yes, using Java for a distributed job system. Haven't hired yet, but I don't think it'll be an issue as its only part of our stack.