TheFocusDev

> If you don’t need EssentialsX to do anything, why use EssentialsX? What exactly are you using essx for if you’re not saving userdata. In my setup, nearly everything that...

> Not an EssX dev here, just thinking. How big is your userdata folder, that you're worried about space? Similarly, IO should be tiny on this. It feels, at first...

> I like the simplicity of having yaml files, however, I do support the idea of essentialsX being able to store user data in a mysql database (optional, ofc -...

If I understand correctly, EssX uses yml more like a backup so some state and location data could be restored upon next server startup. To me, this sounds like Essentials...

> Like a programmable launcher? Yes, for creating custom minecraft launchers that can download and launch the game with appropriate parameters, similar to the libraries provided above.

Even though Gate is written in Go, plugins can be written for it in other languages besides Go including Java, as it has a [gRPC based plugin system](https://gate.minekube.com/developers/api/java/)