How Kotlin won the language war in Android App Development

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Siddhesh Patil talks about state of Kotlin in India in Times of India article featuring other developer advocates like Hadi Hariri from Jetbrains

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Publication: Times of India

Date: 19th August 2020

Misc: Pages 6-7, under Times Techies (currently available in Bangalore and Hyderabad editions only)

Acknowledgements: Editorial team at Times Group, Habeeba Salim and Sujit John, Kotlinlang and Jetbrains team for enabling developers around the world with their active community support.

Read the publication here on TOI website

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Sid Patil is an Android Engineer and Software Evangelist based in Berlin, Germany. He works at Delivery Hero, building ordering experiences for food delivery and Q-commerce brands like Foodpanda and Foodora.

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