[jamieb]

That's my favorite. "Maven is taking too long. It must be shit. I'll write my own!"

Question: Maven is taking too long and downloading plugins and dependencies everytime. What should I do?

Answer:

1. Its shit! Write my own!

2. Well, that seem suboptimal. Would the smart people who wrote it have made it download all this stuff everytime it builds? Surely that is wrong. Maybe I could google that?