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I'm really glad random HN commenters know it better than someone that built a language that has been used in thousands of products.
by ramon156 8mo ago
I'm really glad random HN commenters know it better than someone that built a language that has been used in thousands of products.
- awkwardpotato 8mo agoStandard appeal to accomplishment, past success does not guarantee future success... especially on this joke comment
- allthetime 8mo agoKotlin is generally considered a bit of a dud in the modern programming language space.
- prophesi 8mo agoIt's a blessing when you're in the native Android / React Native / Flutter space.
- allthetime 7mo agoTrue. Not having to write Java for native modules anymore makes me really happy. Shame they haven’t replaced gradle yet though
- hitekker 8mo agoI reckon this comment from 6 years ago predicts Kotlin's fate https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24197817 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24197817 I consider it prophetic. My gut says Kotlin is great for individual developer experience. But I never heard or saw credible reports on the Total Cost of Ownership, e.g., Kotlin engineers hiring, swapping out on a team.
- bschmidt1 8mo ago[dead]
- anthk 8mo agoEven Noble Prize owners made huge mistakes after the prize.