Episodes
πŸš€ Dive into the Compose multiverse with the latest episode of Talking Kotlin! 🌐 In this insightful conversation, our hosts, Seb and Hadi, bring on a special guest, Adriel CafΓ©, to discuss two powerful libraries in the Kotlin ecosystem – Lyricist and Voyager. 🎼 Lyricist: The Missing Piece of Jetpack Compose Adriel shares the journey behind Lyricist, an open-source library designed to simplify UI development with Jetpack Compose. Discover how Lyricist leverages sealed classes to enhance...
Published 03/06/24
Published 03/06/24
πŸš€ Immerse yourself in the world of Kotlin as the latest podcast episode unveils the inner workings of the Kotlin Foundation! πŸŽ™οΈ Join Sebastian and Hadi and a stellar lineup of guests, including Ksenia Shneyveys, Trisha Gee, Kevin Galligan, Charles Anderson, and Jeffrey van Gogh, as they share exclusive insights into the foundation's mission, projects, and plans for the future. 🌐 Discover the foundation's inception, core objectives, and impactful collaborations between founding members...
Published 02/13/24
Join us in this exciting episode of Talking Kotlin as we dive into the world of Kotlin Multiplatform with three special guests, Mike Nakhimovich, Yigit Boyar, and Matthew Ramotar, the minds behind the popular library 'Store' β€” a Kotlin Multiplatform library for building network-resilient applications. We explore the journey of 'Store' from its earlier versions to the recently released Store 5, shedding light on the challenges faced in making the library multiplatform. The conversation...
Published 12/14/23
Welcome to another engaging episode of Talking Kotlin! In this edition, we dive into the dynamic world of Android development with Colin White, the creator of the widely acclaimed Coil library. Join us as we discuss the latest developments, insights, and the exciting roadmap for Coil. πŸš€ Highlights from this Episode: Learn about Colin's journey in developing the Coil library. Discover the pivotal role Coil plays in simplifying image loading for Android developers. Get an exclusive sneak peek...
Published 11/29/23
Dive into the intricate world of microservices with the latest episode of Talking Kotlin, hosted by Sebastian and Hadi . In this engaging conversation, the hosts are joined by Ivan and David, the masterminds behind HTTP4K, to discuss the nuances of simplicity in software development and the often-misunderstood landscape of microservices. The episode kicks off with a discussion about the deceptive allure of complexity in building software. Ivan and David share insights into their roles as...
Published 11/14/23
In this episode, we talk to Rick Clephas, one of the Kotlin Foundation Grants Program winners and the creator of KMP-NativeCoroutines and KMM-ViewModel. Rick shares how the KMP-NativeCoroutines library came into existence, how it works, and the challenges he faced during its development. We’ve also discussed Rick’s motivation to apply for the grant and how it helps him allocate more time and resources to the project. And finally, watch this episode to see how we reached the decision to...
Published 09/19/23
In this episode, we are talking to engineers from @instaboxglobal who use Compose Multiplatform in Production.
Published 08/10/23
In this episode of Talking Kotlin, we are chatting with SΓ©bastien Deleuze about the promising future and the huge potential of Kotlin for WebAssembly in the browser and beyond.
Published 06/29/23
Does synthesizing a database sound like magic to you? In this episode of Talking Kotlin, we discuss how Synthesized uses Kotlin together with custom DSLs and OpenAPI to do just that! ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SYNTHESIZED – https://www.synthesized.io/ Hurdy-Gurdy – https://github.com/CourseOrchestra/hurdy-gurdy KotlinPoet – https://github.com/square/kotlinpoet Swagger Parser – https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-parser
Published 05/04/23
Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Kotlin! In this edition, we are thrilled to have Amrita, Kieran, and Zac, as we dive into a detailed discussion on Circuit - a simple, lightweight, and extensible framework for building Kotlin applications that’s Compose from the ground up. If you're interested in learning more about Circuit and how it can help streamline your Kotlin development process, be sure to tune in to this episode of Talking Kotlin! Circuit -...
Published 03/20/23
In this episode of talking Kotlin, we are talking to Urs Peter about what will happen to Kotlin Coroutines after the arrival of Project Loom in JVM.
Published 01/26/23
What distinguishes a mid-level developer from a senior one, and how do you make the leap? Find out in this episode of Talking Kotlin! Our guest is Marcin Moskala – an experienced developer, trainer, speaker, and author of books on Kotlin. Marcin on Twitter - https://twitter.com/marcinmoskala Marcin's website - https://marcinmoskala.com
Published 12/08/22
This time we talked to Sudarshan Muralidhar and Christian Melchior from MongoDB + Realm about their new multiplatform product that is created to ensure the consistency and consolidation of data across devices and your backend. Sudarshan Muralidhar on Twitter - https://twitter.com/sudssm Christian Melchior on Twitter - https://twitter.com/chrmelchior Realm Kotlin SDK Documentation - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/realm/sd... Atlas Sync documentation - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/ap...
Published 11/22/22
This time we are talking to Jake Wharton and Saket Narayan about how Kotlin and Compose are used in CashApp and why β€œit is time for XML to die!”
Published 08/25/22
We chat with Alexey about Kotlin Design Patterns and Best Practices and his recently released book, "Kotlin Design Patterns and Best Practices." Alexey on Twitter – https://twitter.com/alexey_soshin 25% OFF THE BOOK use 25ALEXEY code – https://www.packtpub.com/ KotlinConf'23 – https://kotlinconf.com/
Published 08/04/22
We chat with Raul, Simon, and Alejandro to learn how Arrow adds functional paradigms and safety to Kotlin, and how it aims to influence the future of the language.
Published 06/28/22
We talked to Rares Vlasceanu and Catalin Costache from Adobe about how they handle 70 000 000 000 events per day with the help of Kotlin and Ktor.
Published 04/19/22
iOS developers of your favorite to-do app want Kotlin Multiplatform! Why? In this episode, we talked to Goncalo Silva – CTO of Doist, a company famous for its award-winning to-do list app, Todoist. We covered how Kotlin is used in the company and which parts of the service they share between iOS and Android using Kotlin Multiplatform. But most importantly, we took a deep dive into how they introduced the technology to the development team, and how even their iOS developers came to love...
Published 02/17/22
We sit down with the man who made the first Kotlin commit in Android – and who is also a long-time fan of the show, apparently! Yigit Boyar (https://twitter.com/yigitboyar) is working on the Android team at Google, bringing you the libraries you use to write your Android apps.
Published 02/01/22
This Special episode is dedicated to the 5 years anniversary of the Talking Kotlin podcast! Hadi Hariri and Sebastian Aigner discuss how and why the podcast was started, remember funny moments from the past and try to shed some light on what awaits it in the future.
Published 01/10/22
In this episode we chat with Zac Sweers about all that has happened since his last appearance: Multiplatform experiments Kotlin usage in Slack Thoughts about Compose Weather in Munich, Malaga, and New York Zac on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ZacSweers Zac's website - https://www.zacsweers.dev/
Published 12/27/21
In this episode Hadi and Seb are talking to Margarita Nedzelska from SonarSource about how she and her team built a working static analyzer for Kotlin.
Published 12/13/21
Victor Kropp tells us the story of moving JetBrains Toolbox from C++ to 100% Kotlin. Victor (https://twitter.com/kropp) leads the Toolbox team at JetBrains, a small app that is the single entry point for developing with JetBrains IDEs, which you can download at https://www.jetbrains.com/toolbox-app/. It allows you to automatically download and update your IDEs, and open all your projects with a single click. Victor shares the story of how toolbox came to be – from its humble beginnings as an...
Published 11/28/21
We sit down with Marina Shishkina, team lead for the Release and Automation Team in Kotlin. Her team coordinates the whole release procedure for new versions of the Kotlin programming language. Marina shares her story of how she moved from being a Quality Assurance Engineer to leading the Release Team, working on increasing the quality of Kotlin releases.
Published 11/11/21