Exposed 1.0: Stable, Scalable, and Looking Forward | Chantal Loncle

Get ready for what’s next — join us at KotlinConf 2026 👉 https://kotl.in/conf26-ytd Recording brought to you by American Express. https://americanexpress.io/kotlin-jobs Exposed is a database access library that provides a type-safe SQL DSL, a powerful ORM, and reliable database interactions as a seamless extension of any Kotlin developer’s code. The team behind the library has been working towards its first stable version and recently published a beta release. This talk aims to provide a detailed insight into what stability will mean for the library, as well as to highlight the enhanced features that have been implemented over time. We’ll also cover the introduction of support for non-blocking database operations using R2DBC with Kotlin coroutines, as well as the challenges encountered during its development. Lastly, to share a look into the future of Exposed, we’ll touch on planned features for later stable versions, like integrated support for database migrations, which address the library’s position as a database access solution in Kotlin Multiplatform development.