Java just turned 30. For a language everyone loves to roast as “verbose” and “corporate,” it somehow powers banks, Netflix, and an entire generation of Minecraft coders. In this video, I walk through why Java survived when so many “better” platforms didn’t - from the JVM’s “write once, run anywhere” promise to enterprise reliability, Spring’s rise, modern performance (JIT/GraalVM), and the broader JVM ecosystem. Happy 30th, Java. You’re boring… and that’s exactly why you win.