Why Kotlin or Java Is the Wrong Question For Enterprises

If you’ve sat through more than one architecture review, you’ve probably sat through a protracted Kotlin-versus-Java debate that goes nowhere. The team spends weeks comparing Kotlin’s concise syntax to Java’s maturity, runs a poll on developer preference, and produces a decision matrix nobody fully trusts. Then the meeting ends, and nothing changes, because nobody agreed on what problem they were actually trying to solve.