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		Bjartr 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fernflower Java Decompiler Lombok hijacks the compiler to do it's own thing, and violates the contract Java compiler plugins are supposed to follow. See this comment by an OpenJDK tech lead: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37666793

lisbbb 23 days ago [–]

I was initially impressed with Lombok and then ran into all the downsides of it and it was institutionally abandoned at one particular firm I was with (100s of devs).

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