Java 21 - Is Kotlin Dying?

Is Kotlin dying because of the amazing new features in Java 21 like Virtual Threads (Project Loom), Pattern Matching and Destructuring?

As most of you probably know, on the 19th of September 2023, JDK 21 was made Generally Available (GA), making it quite a good idea to use. Right now, it is half a year after this introduction, and it is worth understanding whether Kotlin is still useful, especially from the perspective of backend programming. Kotlin was a great programming language instead of…