Kotlin
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A modern JVM language used for general-purpose application development.
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Placed in Trial: 4 article(s) of evidence from 2 source(s), led by open-source activity, with 4 in the last 30 days. Confidence 46%.
Evidence (4)
- 5InfoQ·8/3/2026framework_updateEmbabel Agent Framework Reaches 1.0
Embabel has released version 1.0 of its Java-based agent framework. Built on Spring AI, it lets Java and Kotlin developers define agents as typed domain objects and combine model-driven planning with predefined state machines for workflow control.
- 5InfoQ·7/27/2026framework_updateClean Architecture for Portable Serverless Apps
Elena van Engelen explains how to reduce serverless vendor lock-in while keeping native cloud capabilities. She demonstrates structuring FaaS applications with Clean Architecture, Spring Cloud Function, and Gradle modules, then shows Kotlin services deployed across AWS and Azure using Terraform CDK.
- 7Hacker News·7/17/2026open_sourceMinikotlin compiles Kotlin to WebAssembly in the browser
Minikotlin is a Kotlin compiler written in C that runs entirely in a browser tab and emits WebAssembly GC bytecode directly. It supports a broad subset of Kotlin features, including classes, inheritance, null safety, generics, coroutines, and standard-library helpers, with end-to-end tests and no external toolchain required.
- 4InfoQ·7/16/2026open_sourceRuth Linehan on Rust's performance advantages in caching services
Ruth Linehan describes migrating high-performance caching services from Kotlin to Rust and how the move challenged assumptions about delivery speed and engineering overhead. She highlights Rust's borrow checker, compile-time safety, and profiling tools such as Criterion and flamegraphs for improving concurrent code paths.