Coroutines in Kotlin on the server
summary
The talk explains how Kotlin coroutines solve common JVM server-scaling problems by making asynchronous code easier to write. It describes a coroutine-based design with structured concurrency that improves resource management, error handling, and request cancellation in server applications.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Kotlin coroutines intro
- 3:07Server architecture evolution
- 7:42Coroutines vs futures
- 13:00Legacy integration
- 19:20Performance with suspend
- 22:36Blocking calls in async
- 26:07Structured concurrency
- 31:27Types as docs
- 34:39Coroutines vs alternatives
- 36:24Scaling issues and fixes
- 38:34Kotlin Flow
- 42:54Learning coroutines
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