Kotlin Weekly #-500!

15 Things To Do Before, During, and After KotlinConf’26 (blog.jetbrains.com) Check out in this article how to make the most of KotlinConf’26 in Munich with a comprehensive guide covering early registration, expert-led workshops, the inaugural Golden Kodee Awards, and community networking tips.

klibs.io (github.com) klibs.io is now open-source! Check out the source code in this repository.

[SPONSORED] Modifiers that behave: a practical Compose reference for sizing, fillMax*, drawing, and theming (cheat-sheet.kt.academy) Not a long tutorial — a 10-page Compose cheat sheet you keep nearby. Quick map of modifiers (size/width/height, fillMaxWidth/Height/Size, background/border, drawing APIs), plus MaterialTheme + key CompositionLocals, and a stability/recomposition section with clear rules and examples. Free upon registration.

[SPONSORED] Why is Advanced Compose a great fit for teams? (www.advancedcompose.com) Advanced Compose helps teams build shared mental models of Compose. When engineers reason the same way about recomposition, state, and modifiers, UI work becomes predictable, reviews focus on decisions, and regressions drop. Learn more.

Shrinking Elephants (autonomousapps.com) In this article, Tony Robalik explains how combining parallel fetching, Spotlight project filtering, and artifact-swapping slashed IntelliJ sync times by 97% for a 2,000-module codebase.

Understanding Dependencies injection with unit-tests and Koin (itnext.io) Tezov explains how to use unit tests as executable documentation to demonstrate Koin’s core behaviors, proving how the DI framework handles singletons, factories, qualifiers, and complex scope linking at runtime.

How To Build Self Hosted TTS That Actually Sounds Good (sobolev.substack.com) Aleksandr Sobolev details how to build a high-quality, self-hosted TTS service using Kotlin, Clean Architecture, and ONNX Runtime to deploy the 82M-parameter Kokoro model on AWS.

The Compose Styles API: Building 8 Labs to Master Declarative Styling (aditlal.dev) In this article, Adit Lal explores the new Compose Styles API, demonstrating through eight hands-on labs how this declarative system replaces verbose InteractionSource boilerplate with streamlined animations, state-driven transforms, and theme-aware style composition.

Generating Timeline Hover Previews with Android Media3 (dela.dev) Kirk Agbenyegah demonstrates how to leverage Android Media3 Inspector APIs to generate on-device video storyboard sprites and WebVTT metadata, enabling YouTube-style timeline hover previews without the need for server-side processing.

Intro to Kotlin’s Flow API (www.youtube.com) In this video in this series from Davie Leeds, he checks how your experience with collections and sequences can make it easy for you to start working with flows.

msstorelib (github.com) A Kotlin/JVM library for Microsoft Store license info and in-app purchases.

FoundationDB Multiplatform (github.com) FoundationDB Multiplatform are Kotlin Multiplatform bindings for FoundationDB.

Hangman - Built With Compose Multiplatform (github.com) A Kotlin Multiplatform Hangman (Android, Desktop, Web, iOS) built with Compose Multiplatform. Modular architecture with shared game engine, dynamic word catalog (DSL), responsive layouts and more.

Inspekt (github.com) A 100% multiplatform, 100% compile time reflection for Kotlin.

Mockingbird (github.com) Check out Mockingbird, a minimalist faking framework for Kotlin that uses a compiler plugin to auto-generate fakes for interaction verification, offering a faster and more design-focused alternative to traditional mocking.

On-Device AI Bridge (github.com) Exposes the on-device AI (FoundationModels) as an OpenAI-compatible REST API for use with Cursor, Continue, or any tool that supports OpenAI endpoints.

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