I’ve been learning Kotlin recently & I find it to be a beautiful Language. Does anyone at work use Kotlin that isn’t an Android developer?
Yes, I write SpringBoot microservices and IntelliJ plugins using Kotlin. Any new code is Kotlin, but there is still a ton of Java, which I don’t consider “legacy”, since it works, and if I can sanely add Kotlin when necessary, I don’t see the need for “full rewrite”.
You may get more traction by asking the Kotlin community
Legacy code is just code inherited from developers that are no longer around. It’s quality has nothing to do with its age.
I’ve been using it server side (haven’t touched android for ~12 years) for almost 7 years now. It’s fantastic.
I retired now, but I still write code for my blog. I totally prefer to write with Kotlin. Java just feels clunky to me now.
Last job, we started writing mixing bits of Kotlin in an otherwise mostly-Java in a monolithic Spring-based service. Good experience.
I have friends who work at the biggest bank in Latin America, where most backend stuff used to be Java. Nowadays all new code is written in Kotlin.
