--- title: Ask a Lille Dev | daily.dev description: Insights from short interviews conducted at DevLille 2026 with Java developers and tech professionals. Key themes include software quality (emphasizing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ask-a-lille-dev-unlvrztjc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ask a Lille Dev | daily.dev og:description: Insights from short interviews conducted at DevLille 2026 with Java developers and tech professionals. Key themes include software quality (emphasizing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ask-a-lille-dev-unlvrztjc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UnLvrZTjC.png og:image:alt: Ask a Lille Dev og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ask a Lille Dev **[Foojay.io](https://daily.dev/sources/foojayio)** · 8 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Insights from short interviews conducted at DevLille 2026 with Java developers and tech professionals. Key themes include software quality (emphasizing simplicity, KISS principle, pair programming, CI pipelines), the Spring Boot vs Quarkus debate (Spring Boot praised for maturity, Quarkus for cloud-native performance), the value of tech communities, adaptability as the top developer skill, paths to becoming a Java architect, IntelliJ IDEA as the dominant IDE, and effective Dev-Ops collaboration. Kotlin, TypeScript, and Node.js also appear as alternatives developers reach for in specific contexts. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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