SMRTR ProgrammingMay 20, 2026Daily.dev

Built for Productivity: What the Data Finally Shows About Kotlin

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A JetBrains Research study analyzing 28 million development cycles found Kotlin developers complete tasks 15–20% faster than Java developers. More importantly, Java projects slowed down 9–17% over 20 months while Kotlin projects stayed steady. As AI-assisted workflows shift developers toward reading and reviewing code, Kotlin's readability and static safety guarantees become even more valuable.

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