On reddit I read that Firebender actually came fir...
# firebenders
Stefan Oltmann
09/06/2025, 1:17 PMOn reddit I read that Firebender actually came first.
I guess I ignored most of it, because it was so focused on Android Studio users & Android.
The three prompts worked fine on my Kotlin/WASM app in IDEA, too.
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Kevin
09/08/2025, 6:41 PMyep we focused on android , but most of android is in kotlin anyways, so for alot of the teams we support they've expanded to their kotlin backend teams as well
Kevin
09/08/2025, 6:42 PMstaff engr at Zillow
https://www.jasonpearson.dev/p/dc6f241a-e98c-4403-b501-001c1394ed1c/?member_status=free
Firebender
Its come a long way since I first heard about it in March. Today its the best agentic coding experience possible in Android Studio + IntelliJ
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Stefan Oltmann
09/08/2025, 6:47 PMInteresting. Yeah, maybe you should have focused more on KMP to have that first mover advantage.
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Kevin
09/08/2025, 6:48 PMits possible, but i don't think we would've gotten this far without focusing on android
Kevin
09/08/2025, 6:48 PMit taught us a lot abt making a good kotlin coding agent w/o competing with junie head on
Kevin
09/08/2025, 6:49 PMbc we see adoption in all of jetbrains IDEs, this is something thats more interesting to us
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Stefan Oltmann
09/08/2025, 6:55 PMI can see that. Maybe now is the time to say on the front page that you also support KMP in IDEA.