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I used to do Java and Scala. In 2020 I started a new project in Kotlin. I like Kotlin, but what I hate is that in the meantime I migrated all my programming t
by OtomotO 2y ago
I used to do Java and Scala.
In 2020 I started a new project in Kotlin.
I like Kotlin, but what I hate is that in the meantime I migrated all my programming to Neovim and Helix. All programming? No, not Kotlin, because the LSP isn't there and JetBrains clearly has no interest, they want to sell their IDEs.
Now don't get me wrong, I have an IntelliJ license since 10 years, even back when I was employed and paid it out of my own pocket.
It's not about the price. I would gladly pay for the LSP implementation. But I don't want to use IntelliJ anymore.
So a new project on the JVM where I have a say in the stack? Java or maybe Scala. No more Kotlin.
- bberrry 2y agoThis is the biggest issue with investing in Kotlin IMHO. The stewards of the language have a conflict of interest in democratizing the tools.
- wiseowise 2y agoNot only that. Their official position is sitting with smug face saying “well, duh, you’re free to roll out your own LSP and IDE implementation”, ignoring the fact that nobody outside of Google and JetBrains cares about Kotlin. And why would they? If the stewards aren’t interested in investing into healthy ecosystem.
- owlstuffing 2y agoIntelliJ CE is free and destroys any LSP in terms of dev productivity. Other than consistency, why would you not use it?