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I do not have to introduce Kotlin to native Android developers, since in May 2017, Google announced that it would be the official language for Android development. Since then, it has gained a lot of traction as being the primary language choice for developing new and shiny Android apps. It solves a lot of pain points of Java, so the new apps are mostly written in it, and the old ones are being rewritten in it.

There is no doubt that it is great on the front-end side of applications, and when you first mention Kotlin, most people associate it with the Android OS. However, in this article, I would talk about Kotlin as a back-end language and I would like to share my story about creating a fast, reliable, and asynchronous Kotlin back end for my Android hobby project. I will not discuss what the project is about, as

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