https://swaranga.dev/tags/lombok/Recent content in Lombok on Swaranga Sarmahttps://swaranga.dev/images/profile.jpghttps://swaranga.dev/images/profile.jpgHugoenSun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://swaranga.dev/posts/on-lombok/Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://swaranga.dev/posts/on-lombok/<p>Every six months, like clockwork, a new JDK drops—and right on cue, the Java community&rsquo;s ideological purity tests begin.</p> <p>The usual suspects crawl out to complain about Project Lombok. They argue that it does &ldquo;weird hacks&rdquo; to the <code>javac</code> compiler, that it slows down upgrades, and that we don’t need it anymore because we have Records.</p> <p>I am a little tired of this constant principled stance against its usage. I am an application developer, not a compiler engineer. I&rsquo;ve been using Lombok for roughly 15 years now, and I can clearly say its benefits massively outweigh its cons. I’m glad I don’t work with people who hold that dogmatic opinion, because at the end of the day, we are paid to deliver working software—not to coddle the compiler.</p>