@THISWILLWORK I'd look at using #Kotlin & #Gradle. Then you could add Spring Boot or, if you're not a fan of dragging everything but the kitchen sink in from the get-go, you could look at a more lightweight framework like #Javalin which has #Jetty built in, or #Ktor which is pretty well established. Tbh the #Jvm ecosystem is filled with more good options. I read your view on #Maven but I believe Maven 4 is around the corner and is looking quite promising.