The Ultimate Kotlin Multiplatform Watchlist
Article Summary
Ekaterina Petrova curated 10 KotlinConf talks that show how Duolingo, McDonald's, and StoneCo achieved massive scale with Kotlin Multiplatform. Skip the beginner mistakes and learn from teams already shipping to millions.
JetBrains compiled the ultimate KMP learning path for Week 3 of their KMP Level Up program. The collection spans production case studies from companies serving 40M+ daily users, hands-on coding sessions, iOS team adoption strategies, and deep compiler dives. Every talk addresses real engineering challenges at scale.
Key Takeaways
- StoneCo trained 130 engineers and reached 55% shared code across fintech apps
- McDonald's uses KMP for navigation state while keeping UI 100% native
- Duolingo ships weekly to 40M+ users with shared code for video calls and lessons
- Meetup's iOS app got faster after migrating networking to KMP's optimized caching
- Compose Multiplatform is now production-ready and stable on iOS
Ten curated talks prove KMP scales from fintech to fast food, with real teams sharing specific rubrics for what to share and how to convince skeptical iOS developers.
About This Article
Colin Lee's team struggled with the complexity of the KMP library ecosystem. Moving from legacy codebases to new greenfield applications made the problem worse.
They picked a specific stack and stuck with it. Apollo GraphQL handled type-safe queries, SQLDelight managed the database, and Moko Resources took care of cross-platform assets.
The iOS team stopped panicking once they had clear library choices. Teams ended up with a shared workflow they actually enjoyed using, which helped the organization adopt it faster.