Hacker News with Generative AI: Kotlin

Koog, a Kotlin-based framework to build and run Al agents in idiomatic Kotlin (github.com/JetBrains)
Koog is a Kotlin-based framework designed to build and run AI agents entirely in idiomatic Kotlin.

Kotlin, AI, Frameworks, Programming Languages

79 points by prof18 17 days ago | 2 comments

Kotlin-Lsp: Kotlin Language Server and Plugin for Visual Studio Code (github.com/Kotlin)
Pre-alpha official Kotlin support for Visual Studio Code and an implementation of Language Server Protocol for the Kotlin language.

Kotlin, Programming Languages, IDEs

175 points by todsacerdoti 17 days ago | 119 comments

Mill as a direct style build tool (mill-build.org)
Mill is a JVM build tool that targets Java/Scala/Kotlin and has potential to serve the large-monorepo codebases that Bazel currently serves. Mill has good traction among its users, benchmarks that demonstrate 3-6x faster builds than its competitors, and a unique "direct-style" design that make it easy to use and extend. This page discusses some of the most interesting design decisions in Mill, and how it sets Mill apart from other build tools on the market.

Java, Scala, Kotlin, Build Tools, Software Development

41 points by lihaoyi 29 days ago | 9 comments

Kotlin 101: Type Classes Quickly Explained (rockthejvm.com)
In this article, we explore the concept of type classes in Kotlin, a powerful tool that allows developers to abstract logic for different data types.

Kotlin, Programming, Type Classes

24 points by sea-gold 53 days ago | 2 comments

Show HN: Signum – Kotlin Multiplatform Cryptography and PKI Library (github.com/a-sit-plus)
Kotlin Multiplatform Crypto/PKI Library with ASN1 Parser + Encoder

Kotlin, Cryptography, Security, Libraries, Programming

10 points by JesusMcCloud 60 days ago | 0 comments

Kotlin by Example (kotlinlang.org)

Kotlin, Programming Languages, Tutorials

10 points by bartekpacia 91 days ago | 0 comments

Replacing Hugo with a Custom Kotlin Blog Engine (cekrem.github.io)
Don’t get me wrong - Hugo (the stuff that I’m currently using to drive this site) is great. It’s blazing fast, feature-rich, and battle-tested. But as a developer who’s been diving deep into Clean Architecture lately (as you might have noticed from my recent posts), I’ve been itching to apply these principles to a real project. And what better way to learn than by potentially over-engineering my own blog engine?

Software, Web Development, Kotlin, Blogging

3 points by thunderbong 116 days ago | 0 comments

My Thoughts on Kotlin: Perspectives after 4 years (tylerrussell.dev)
Often, when explaining to other devs that Masset uses Kotlin as our primary backend language, I receive inquisitive and questioning faces. “The Android language? On your backend? That seems odd… Have you considered rewriting it in Rust?” 🤨

Programming Languages, Kotlin, Backend Development

20 points by terussell85 149 days ago | 11 comments

Translating 10M lines of Java to Kotlin (engineering.fb.com)
Meta has been on a years-long undertaking to translate our entire Android codebase from Java to Kotlin.

Programming Languages, Software Engineering, Android, Java, Kotlin

226 points by ermatt 172 days ago | 265 comments

Kotlin to lose scripting features (infoworld.com)
JetBrains plans to drop some scripting-related technologies from the Kotlin language, including REPL functionality, an obsolete API for Java scripting, the KotlinScriptMojo Maven plugin, and the kotlin-scripting-ide-services library for implementing code completion functionality.

Kotlin, Programming Languages, Scripting, JetBrains

8 points by flykespice 192 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Kotlin Money (eriksen.com.br)
Manipulating monetary amounts is a common computing chore. However, no mainstream language has a first-class data type for representing money, it’s up to programmers to code abstractions for it. This isn’t an issue per se until dealing with rounding issues from operations like installment payments (e.g., buy now, pay later), foreign exchange, or even simple things like fee processing and tax collection.

Programming, Kotlin, Software, Finance

427 points by eriksencosta 243 days ago | 228 comments

Kotlin for data analysis (kotlinlang.org)

Kotlin, Data Analysis, Programming Languages

172 points by saikatsg 284 days ago | 104 comments

Is Kotlin Multiplatform Replacing Flutter? (ycombinator.com)

Kotlin, Flutter, Cross-Platform Development, Mobile Development

54 points by Aaronreddix 352 days ago | 78 comments

Celebrating Kotlin 2.0: Fast, Smart, and Multiplatform (jetbrains.com)

Kotlin, Programming Languages, Software Development, Release Announcements

15 points by snafu109 381 days ago | 3 comments

What's New in Kotlin 2.0.0 (kotlinlang.org)