Polyglot Programmer and Lack of Unicorns

Polyglot programmers exist, but good ones are like unicorns. They’re nearly impossible to find and when you do find them they’re insanely high in demand and very expensive. I know, I’ve been down this exact road before.

If you have a great multiplatform tool, usually these issues are few and far between, but I’ve run into enough of these issues with various different multiplatform tools that it has become a royal pain in the ass work around at times. Absolutely frustrating when it happens. Its times like that when I wish I had used the right tool for the right job. Maybe Swift for iOS or JavaScript/HTML for web stuff, or some back end server tech and not some other tool thats pretending to do the work of another tool.

Ultimately what this feels like is that you’re shoving a square peg into a round hole because things just don’t feel right, but you’re using tool X so you have to do it that way. Many people feel this way and its part of the human nature of it. Apply enough force, hit it hard enough with a hammer and it will go in, but it doesn’t mean that it will be pretty or fun in the end.

→ https://www.donnfelker.com/why-kotlin-multiplatform-wont-succeed/

I am not a polygot programmer and never will be one. I love programming in Swift and the rich API's that are available in the ecosystem. Everyday I discover something new. I also believe in using the right tool for the right job.

The whole article is worth the read and not per se about Kotlin Multiplatform.