Talking Kotlin

We chat with the folks from Flux around their use of Kotlin on the backend, to develop a service that replaces paper receipts. We talk about the technology they're using (Dropwizard), any challenges f...

14 Aug 201935min

We chat to David about sequences in Kotlin - what they are, how and when to use them, and the performance implications that they have over regular collections. For links to show notes, please visit t...

29 Jul 201937min

We sit down with Edwin from OpenRNDR to discuss creative graphical programming and the engine that has been developed for this purpose using Kotlin. We discuss its usages and why it was developed usin...

15 Jul 201929min

We chat with Kevin about writing compiler plugins for Kotlin, covering what the goals with plugin technology is, when it's useful, as well as how to get started in this area. For links to show notes,...

28 Jun 201934min

Mark decided to develop a multiplatform game, taking the concept of common code to the extreme. In this episode we discuss his adventures, the issues he encountered and how applicable this really woul...

14 Jun 201935min

We chat with Pamela Hill about code kindness, in which we discuss what constitutes comprehensible code and the things we need to be aware of when writing code. We discuss the challenges of different a...

29 Mai 201939min

We chat with Alec Strong about SQL Delight, the multiplatform data access library that have written from the ground up using Kotlin. We discuss some of the differences with other data access framework...

14 Mai 201940min

We talk to a few folks at Uber Engineering about their adoption of Kotlin in a non-conventional setting where they're using Buck. We also discuss some of the work they've been doing in terms of perfor...

30 Apr 201944min