Honestly, super impressed that that they’ve got the traction they do without it but, I think the takeaway is that Java developers like having everything in the IDE— so I’d imagine agentic in the ide will yield higher returns than switching modalities
There is already a lot of Java in agentic systems and IDE integrations — but that alone won’t break the stereotype.
The real blocker isn’t capability, it’s perception: many people stop before even trying Java in the terminal. All while Python/JS are seeing a surge in terminal tooling, despite similar (or worse) startup cost, dependency sprawl, and multi-GB installs — and the reaction there is often “this is fine, let’s ship and use.”
Until Java is visibly normal in the terminal, agentic features in IDEs won’t change that mental model.
Absolutely shocked Java wasn’t in the terminal
I know I don’t use it, but wow.
Honestly, super impressed that that they’ve got the traction they do without it but, I think the takeaway is that Java developers like having everything in the IDE— so I’d imagine agentic in the ide will yield higher returns than switching modalities