[EdwardDiego]

I'm firmly in the Maven is better than Gradle camp. Yes, it's less flexible, that's why I like it.

Gradle might be better if it wasn't a poorly documented Groovy/Kotlin DSL where everything is a closure, but I do like the fact that if you want to do something in Maven you need a plugin that couples to known points in the lifecycle. It makes it explicit what is doing what and where.

And fully agree on the incredible pain of Gradle upgrades.