+1 for Helidon (https://helidon.io/) - such a great framework, especially the SE variant. Powerful, modern, fast, modularised, and easy to understand.

I'm back on Spring for work reasons but use it for all my side-projects.

i am building my own framework on top of it[1]. the biggest thing for me was it was rewritten on virtual threads from grounds up. no vertx. no netty, lesser indirections.

1. https://github.com/sku0x20/stopgap