Today I gave a talk at KotlinConf 2026 in Munich about “Opinionated Ktor Services”. In this talk, I shared my experience and opinions on how to build robust, maintainable, and scalable services using Ktor and the Kotlin ecosystem.
Building services with Ktor is a lot of fun, but because it is so flexible, it can sometimes be hard to decide on a structure or which libraries to use. This talk aims to provide a set of “opinions” that have worked well for me and the teams I’ve worked with.
Resources
- Ktor Quickstart - Ktor Quickstart template
- Ktor Documentation - The official Ktor documentation.
- KotlinConf 2026 - The conference website.
Slides
The slides for the talk can be found here: Opinionated Ktor Services - Slides (Coming soon)
Video
The recording of the talk will be available on the Kotlin YouTube channel later this year.
Thank you to everyone who attended the talk! It was great to meet so many of you in Munich. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me on the Kotlin Slack, Twitter, BlueSky or LinkedIn.