Kotlin Weekly #-447!

New Kotlin 2.1.20-RC (github.com) There is a new Kotlin RC out from the oven! Check out the lists that are coming out here.

OpenAI vs. DeepSeek: Which AI Understands Kotlin Better? (blog.jetbrains.com) JetBrains has been benchmarking OpenAI and DeepSeek, and how they perform with Kotlin code. Check out the results.

Retaining screen states with the compose runtime (medium.com) This articles teaches how to use rememberRetained or produceRetainedState to retain Compose states across recompositions and configuration changes.

Kotlin Multiplatform Scalability Challenges on a Large Project (beriukhov.medium.com) This article explores Kotlin Multiplatform’s scalability challenges in a large project, covering library vs. product feature migration, network layer unification, A/B test results, and overall feasibility in enterprise mobile development.

KSP Memory Leak Dive (www.jasonpearson.dev) An accounting of tools and techniques used to reproduce, visualize, fix and test a KSP memory leak by Jason Pearson.

Kotlin Multiplatform Architecture Best Practices for Mobile Apps (carrion.dev) Ignacio Carrión summarizes in this article some of the best practices to create an architecture for Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile apps.

Meet the Android Studio Team: A Conversation with Engineering Director, Tor Norbye (android-developers.googleblog.com) In this new ongoing blog interview series from Google, meet Tor Norbye, Engineering Director at Google leading the development of Android Studio.

Seamless Camera and Media Access on Android 14+ and Legacy Versions (medium.com) Valentine Rutto explores seamless camera and media access on Android 14+, covering permissions, image capture, and storage across versions.

Room Debug DAOs in Android: Streamlining Your Workflow (blog.blundellapps.co.uk) Paul Blundell explains how to create debug-only Room DAOs in Android to streamline development workflows by isolating developer tools from production code.

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