The Ceremony Problem When a student writes their first Java program, they copy this boilerplate: public class HelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Hello, World!"); } } Three layers of ceremony for one line of logic: A public class whose name must match the filename A public static void main(String[] args) signature with specific keywords The actual code, buried inside two levels of braces This has been the #1 on-ramp friction point in Java for 30 years.