https://heezy.blog/tags/minecraft/Recent content in Minecraft on heezy.blogHugoen-usMon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://heezy.blog/posts/minecraft-modding-and-java/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://heezy.blog/posts/minecraft-modding-and-java/<p>Minecraft Java Edition is a 15-year-old Java application with a plugin architecture, a third-party dependency ecosystem that rivals Maven Central in complexity, and a deployment model that will feel immediately familiar to anyone who&rsquo;s ever managed a production service. I run three instances of it. One is a stock binary for the kids. The other two are modded Java servers with 30+ managed dependencies, version-pinned artifacts, and CI-driven deployments. The modded servers are where it stops being a game and starts being software operations.</p>