MCPs and complex CLI tools running locally/native via graalvm
might be a great usecase for Java. https://quarkus.io/blog/mcp-server/
replyjpackage/jlink lets you distribute an exe, dmg, etc, with the JVM packaged inside. I have java desktop apps which are like 50mb.
replyBitwig and Intellij stand out to me
replyYeah Intellij is incredible, and I believe it's Swing. And Eclipse is ambulatory, but the SWT/OSGI frameworks are fighting yesterday's battles. All of this aside, I yet to find this level of IDE/Debugger in any other language.
replyI'll check out Bitwig.