I'm +1 on switching from Groovy to Kotlin in our **Gradle build files**.
Gradle has excellent support for it, as does IntelliJ, and I'm rather fond
of Kotlin, having used it once.  I look forward to editing these files with
better IDE assisted type awareness and less magic/voodoo.

But I'm unsure about the broader scope you speak of.

On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM Christos Malliaridis <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'd like to discuss here and in our meetup on Wednesday our current state
> of our build files and scripts. I'd like to propose a possible migration
> that will add many benefits, listed below.
>
> The migration is about replacing all our python scripts and groovy build
> files with Gradle Kotlin DSL. This would
> - reduce the issues some people face with our scripts (like me)
> - improve the compatibility with operating systems
> - reduce the dependencies to environment constraints
> - add testability to these files
> - cleans up old stuff
> - add syntax highlighting, IDE support and code completion
>
> Therefore, besides this discussion here, I'd also appreciate your
> participation in our meetup next week.
>
> What are your thoughts on this? We are already using Kotlin for the new UI,
> so why not use it more so folks get more familiar with it?
>
> Best,
> ChristoS
>

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