dalexander
10/15/2015, 4:38 PM./gradlew assembleFlavorDebug -profile
and not using gradle daemon. The JSON holders are still in java. This is only one sample, I don't know much it generalizes but perhaps it will help you make a decision.
:app 1m26.51s (total)
:app:preDexFlavorDebug 49.211s
:app:compileFlavorDebugKotlin 13.081s
:app:mergeFlavorDebugResources 11.812s
:app:dexFlavorDebug 6.762s
:app:packageFlavorDebug 2.293s
:app:compileFlavorDebugJava 1.747s