I will use PHP 7.2 on projects I maintain. However, starting a web project with Kotlin in 2017 has a minimally larger set-up cost (have to understand gradle or

I will use PHP 7.2 on projects I maintain. However, starting a web project with Kotlin in 2017 has a minimally larger set-up cost (have to understand gradle or kobalt) than PHP, but is definitely a better option. Check out http4k or ktor and squash (orm)