I use both and you are right. As language C# fixes many things one could be unhappy with in Java. But Java has it's eco system which is definitely unmatched in quality and quantity...and that plus the ultra optimized and battle-tested JVM is what makes people stick with it.

Come on...

For the sake of God, Stop sharing this permanently. Please!

Maybe they relaunched the service in a country where no one cares about US mass-surveillance law and it's enforcing entities...

Doesn't using a .com TLD mean they are subject to DNS seizure in the US? ...although maybe it'll redirect once they launch.

host lavabit.com && whois 72.249.41.52

Lavabit LLC - Dallas TX and Colo4, LLC - St Louis MO.

(Insert your own joke here about Americans not caring about mass surveillance...)

This could be a solution. I'm courious to know, maybe they will give more information when the service will be back online.

Java's networking capabilities are rock solid, battle-tested and have got very fast as it is used in many heavy duty back end systems all over the world

You should check out http://www.ninjaframework.org. it's modern, flexible and fun plus the community is awesome!!!

Dude, this demo site is so blazingly fast...i have never seen a site rendering like that before.

It is very fast, but how much of that is due to it being written in assembly? Isn't the real bottleneck for an application like this going to be network speed?

Hard to say, but some details about the hosting may help to estimate. The site is hosted on the cheapest possible shared hosting for 2.5€ per month: 15GB space, 150GB monthly transfer, CPU usage 30 minutes per 24 hours, 1GB RAM, max 60 processes.

I don't find it fast: page loads in 4 requests, it downloads only 16 KB and still takes several hundred milliseconds to load.

Edit: it also does not use https.

Yeah old Story...uber-intelectual mathematical-master-race-guy bashing Java...boring

Try Java with Ninja Framework, it is really nice and the JVM rocks.

You hit the spot with your article. I could not have said it better. Let's now wait till the NodeJS/Mongo-webapp-in-2hours Kids ruling HN, start to "bash" you to hell... But be sure: There are more than enough people out there who exactly know what you are saying and why.

Nodejs is in decline here on HN, judging by post frequency.