Java 8 streams are available to be used within Kotlin code when targeting JDK 8 or later. A common question among developers that use Kotlin for backend development is whether to use streams or sequences. …

Let’s take advantage of Kotlin to accomplish something that’s impossible to do with plain Java. The solution will be used to perform loop unrolling. Disclaimer: This is intended to stretch our minds to new ways of thinking which aren’t possible in Java. It shouldn’t be used in production as premature…

This article looks at many categories of Java bugs that Kotlin prevents in addition to null safety. My first article provided a brief introduction to Kotlin and showed a surprising impact on productivity. The positive feedback and popularity of that article motivated me write this second part (thank you). Motivation Organizations…

This article summarizes the first part of my research about the impacts of Kotlin for companies and individuals which have existing Java investments. Since there are so many impacts, this first part will only touch on how Kotlin affects reading and understanding code since this is where we spend 90%…